Grammatical class

Noun

mat

checkmate

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Syllables

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Phonetics

mat

Grammatical class

Noun

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12322

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6761

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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