Grammatical class
Noun
mat
checkmate
Details
Syllables
mat
Phonetics
mat
Grammatical class
Noun
Freq. (books)
12322
Freq. (movies)
6761
Freq. (news)
18467
Variants
Sentences
Il est quatre heures du mat.
It's four in the morning.
A1
Échec et mat !
Check and mate!
A2
Tom a sacrifié sa tour pour éviter le mat.
Tom sacrificed his rook to avoid mate.
B1
Tom me regarda triomphant et dit : « Échec et mat. »
Tom looked at me triumphantly and said, "Checkmate."
B2
Le mat est le but ultime du jeu et constitue donc la fin idéale de toute combinaison.
Mate is the ultimate goal of the game and is therefore the ideal ending to any combination.
B2