gambit
See also: Gambit
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from Italian gamba (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡæmbɪt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æmbɪt
Noun edit
gambit (plural gambits)
- (chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
- Her clever gambit gave her an advantage.
- Any ploy or stratagem.
- Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.
- 2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240:
- The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light as the bitter fruit of an[sic] utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.
- 2023 June 29, City AM, London, page 18, column 2:
- An opening sequence, featuring a de-aged Ford playing a younger Indy, is a bold and nostalgic gambit, offering a glimpse of what you've missed.
- A remark intended to open a conversation.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
chess move
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ploy
conversation opener
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Verb edit
gambit (third-person singular simple present gambits, present participle gambiting, simple past and past participle gambited)
- (chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
gambit m (plural gambits)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “gambit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English gambit, from Italian gambetto, from gamba, from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *kamp-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gambit m inan
Declension edit
Declension of gambit
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
gambit n (plural gambituri)
Declension edit
Declension of gambit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) gambit | gambitul | (niște) gambituri | gambiturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) gambit | gambitului | (unor) gambituri | gambiturilor |
vocative | gambitule | gambiturilor |
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gambit m inan (genitive singular gambitu, nominative plural gambity, genitive plural gambitov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension edit
Declension of gambit
Further reading edit
- “gambit”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024