gambit

English

Etymology

From French, from Spanish gambito, from Italian gambetto, from gamba (“leg”), from Latin gamba (“calf”).

Noun

gambit (plural gambits)

1. An opening in chess, in which a minor piece (often a pawn) is sacrificed to gain an advantage.

   Her clever opening gambit gave her an advantage.

2. Any ploy or stratagem.

   Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.

3. A remark intended to open a conversation.

Translations

Chess move

• Danish: gambit (da) c
• Dutch: gambiet (nl)
• French: gambit (fr) m
• German: Gambit (de) n
• Hawaiian: gamabita

• Italian: gambetto (it) m
• Persian: گامبی (fa) (gambi)
• Russian: гамбит (ru) (gambít) m
• Spanish: gambito (es) m

Ploy

• French: statagème (fr) m
• Russian: гамбит (ru) (gambít) m, уловка (ru) (ulóvka) f

• Spanish: estratagema (es) f

Conversation opener