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"(by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape."
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"word": "কিস্তিমাত"
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"word": "escac i mat"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "將死"
},
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiāngsǐ",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "将死"
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "將軍"
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "将军"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "šahh ja matt"
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"code": "fo",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "skák og mát"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "shakki ja matti"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "échec et mat"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "xaque mate"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mate"
},
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šamati",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "შამათი"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "schachmatt"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "schach und matt"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "ματ"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "מָט"
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"word": "मात"
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"word": "sakk-matt"
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"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "syahmat"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "skakmat"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "sekakmat"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "scacco matto"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chekkumeito",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "チェックメイト"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"alt": "つみ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsumi",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "詰み"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "xal",
"lang": "Kalmyk",
"roman": "mad",
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"word": "мад"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "slap krɑlaa",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "ស្លាប់ក្រឡា"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "oetongsu",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "외통수"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chekeumeiteu",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "체크메이트"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "šahs un mats"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "šah-mat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "шах-мат"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "мат"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "syahmat"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "whakamiere"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "chekmat"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "mad",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "мад"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "sjakkmatt"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kiš o mât",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "کیش و مات"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šâh mât",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "شاه مات"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "fa",
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"roman": "šahmât",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "شهمات"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "fa",
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"roman": "mât",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "مات"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "szach mat"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "szach i mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "xeque-mate"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "xaque-mate"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "șah mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "mat"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
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"roman": "mat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
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"masculine"
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"word": "мат"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šax i mat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "шах и мат"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"tags": [
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"word": "шах-мат"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
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"_dis1": "49 51",
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "šachmat"
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{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "šah mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "jaque mate"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"tags": [
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"word": "mate"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "schackmatt"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "mate"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "šoh mot",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "шоҳ мот"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rúk-kâat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "รุกฆาต"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rúk-kâat-lɛ́ɛo",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "รุกฆาตแล้ว"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "şah mat"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "mat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "šax i mat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "шах і мат"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "ur",
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"roman": "śāh aur māt",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "شاہ اور مات"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
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"roman": "śāh māt",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "شاہ مات"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "chiếu tướng"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"_dis1": "49 51",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "מאַט"
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{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šāh māt",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "شَاه مَات"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šaxmat",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "շախմատ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mat",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мат"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mat",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мат"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "將死"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiāngsǐ",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "将死"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "將軍"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiāngjūn",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "将军"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "skakmat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "schaakmat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "ŝakmato"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "matt"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mát"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "matti"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "échec et mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xaque mate"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šamati",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "შამათი"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schachmatt"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mat",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ματ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mat",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "מט"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "sakk-matt"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "matt"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scacco matto"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"alt": "つみ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsumi",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "詰み"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chekkumeito",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "チェックメイト"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chekeumeiteu",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "체크메이트"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "oetongsu",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "외통수"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "whakamiere"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "mad",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "мад"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "sjakkmatt"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "sjakkmatt"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kiš o mât",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "کیش و مات"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šahmât",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "شهمات"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mât",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "مات"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xeque-mate"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xaque-mate"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "șah mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šax i mat",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шах и мат"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mat",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мат"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clos"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šah mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jaque mate"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mate"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "matt"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "schack matt"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rúk-kâat",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "รุกฆาต"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "mat",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мат"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "chiếu hết"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"word": "chiếu bí"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "conclusive victory in a game of chess",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"dual"
],
"word": "sah mat"
}
]
},
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"glosses": [
"Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat."
],
"id": "en-checkmate-en-noun-N-Fryxry",
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[
"escape",
"escape"
]
],
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"(figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat."
],
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],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mat",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мат"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"word": "徹底失敗"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chèdǐ shībài",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"word": "彻底失败"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "matová situace"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"word": "lüüasaamine"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"word": "nurkka"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"word": "umpikuja"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schachmatt"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Niederlage"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"word": "patthelyzet"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"word": "zsákutca"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"word": "vesztes/reménytelen/kilátástalan helyzet"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"word": "chekmat"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kiš o mât",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"word": "کیش و مات"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xeque-mate"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "matová situácia"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "losing situation with no escape",
"tags": [
"common-gender",
"dual"
],
"word": "mat"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɛkmeɪt/"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-checkmate.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c1/En-us-checkmate.ogg/En-us-checkmate.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/En-us-checkmate.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"checkmate"
],
"word": "checkmate"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "chekmat"
},
"expansion": "Middle English chekmat",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "eschec mat"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "شَاه مَاتَ"
},
"expansion": "Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "fa-cls",
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"t": "the king is amazed",
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},
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"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Classical Persian شاه مات (šāh māt, “the king [is] amazed”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "checkmates",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "checkmating",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "checkmated",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "checkmated",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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],
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"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Chess",
"orig": "en:Chess",
"parents": [
"Board games",
"Tabletop games",
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "That jerk checkmated me in four moves!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To put the king of an opponent into checkmate."
],
"id": "en-checkmate-en-verb-wHEYCHku",
"links": [
[
"chess",
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[
"king",
"king"
],
[
"checkmate",
"#Noun"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"board-games",
"chess",
"games"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "matíram",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "мати́рам"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "把...將死"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎ...jiāngsǐ",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "把...将死"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "matovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "dát mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "ŝakmatigi"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "máta"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "matittaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "tehdä matti"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "faire échec et mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dašamateba",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"tags": [
"noun-from-verb"
],
"word": "დაშამათება"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ašamatebs",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
],
"word": "აშამათებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "mattot ad"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "megmattol"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "dare scacco matto"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chekkumēto",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "チェックメート"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "whakamiere"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "mad xiix",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "мад хийх"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šahmât kardan",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "شهمات کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mât kardan",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "مات کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zamatować"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "dać mata"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stávitʹ mat",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ста́вить мат"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "postávitʹ mat",
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"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "cuir clos air"
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"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
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"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "matirati"
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"word": "göra schackmatt"
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"word": "รุกฆาต"
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"word": "chiếu bí"
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"word": "挫敗"
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{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cuòbài",
"sense": "to lead to a situation of no escape",
"word": "挫败"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
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"sense": "to lead to a situation of no escape",
"word": "saattaa umpikujaan"
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"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to lead to a situation of no escape",
"word": "panna ahtaalle"
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"_dis1": "1 99",
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"sense": "to lead to a situation of no escape",
"word": "sarokba szorít"
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"sense": "to lead to a situation of no escape",
"word": "мад тавих"
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"code": "sq",
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"code": "hy",
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"word": "շախ և մատ"
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"code": "hy",
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"word": "մատ"
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{
"code": "be",
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"roman": "mat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "мат"
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šax i mat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "шах і мат"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "kistimat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "কিস্তিমাত"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mat",
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"word": "мат"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "escac i mat"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "將死"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiāngsǐ",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "将死"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "將軍"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiāngjūn",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "将军"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "mat"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"tags": [
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "šahh ja matt"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "skák og mát"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "shakki ja matti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "échec et mat"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "xaque mate"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
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{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "შამათი"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "schachmatt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "schach und matt"
},
{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "ματ"
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"code": "he",
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"word": "מָט"
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"word": "मात"
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "शहमात"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
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"word": "sakk-matt"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
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"word": "syahmat"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "sekakmat"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "scacco matto"
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{
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "チェックメイト"
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"code": "ja",
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"code": "xal",
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"word": "мад"
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "slap krɑlaa",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "ស្លាប់ក្រឡា"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "oetongsu",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "외통수"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chekeumeiteu",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "체크메이트"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "šahs un mats"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "šah-mat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "шах-мат"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "мат"
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "syahmat"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "whakamiere"
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{
"code": "enm",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "chekmat"
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{
"code": "mn",
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"roman": "mad",
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"word": "мад"
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "sjakkmatt"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"roman": "kiš o mât",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "کیش و مات"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"roman": "šâh mât",
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"word": "شاه مات"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "شهمات"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"word": "مات"
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"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"word": "szach i mat"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
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"masculine"
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"word": "xeque-mate"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "xaque-mate"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "șah mat"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
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"word": "mat"
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"word": "шах и мат"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"word": "шах-мат"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "šachmat"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "mat"
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{
"code": "sl",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "šah mat"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "mat"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "jaque mate"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "mate"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "schackmatt"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "mate"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "šoh mot",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "шоҳ мот"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rúk-kâat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "รุกฆาต"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rúk-kâat-lɛ́ɛo",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "รุกฆาตแล้ว"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "şah mat"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "mat",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "мат"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "šax i mat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "шах і мат"
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"code": "ur",
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"roman": "śāh aur māt",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "شاہ اور مات"
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"code": "ur",
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"roman": "śāh māt",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "شاہ مات"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "chiếu tướng"
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"tags": [
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"word": "siachmat"
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"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "mat",
"sense": "said when making the conclusive move in chess",
"word": "מאַט"
}
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stávitʹ mat",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ста́вить мат"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "postávitʹ mat",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поста́вить мат"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "cuir clos air"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "dať šach mat"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "matirati"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "schackmatta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "sätta matt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "göra matt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "sätta schackmatt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "göra schackmatt"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rúk-kâat",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "รุกฆาต"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to put an opponent into checkmate",
"word": "chiếu bí"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "matiram",
"sense": "to lead to a situation of no escape",
"word": "матирам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to lead to a situation of no escape",
"word": "挫敗"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cuòbài",
"sense": "to lead to a situation of no escape",
"word": "挫败"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lead to a situation of no escape",
"word": "saattaa umpikujaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lead to a situation of no escape",
"word": "panna ahtaalle"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to lead to a situation of no escape",
"word": "sarokba szorít"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "mad tavix",
"sense": "to lead to a situation of no escape",
"word": "мад тавих"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "mad coxix",
"sense": "to lead to a situation of no escape",
"word": "мад цохих"
}
],
"word": "checkmate"
}
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