Checkmate — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

complete victory

a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈɪspiɪst/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɪɹəstˌəʊm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɪɹəstˌəʊm/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹˈɪspiɪst/.

Examples

Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

mate

Parts of Speech

noun	complete victory
noun	a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
verb	place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game “Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves”

Word Forms

checkmate	verb	place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
mate	verb	place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
checkmate	noun	a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
mate	noun	a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schachmatt

völliger Sieg

🇫🇷French

échec et mat

victoire complète

🇪🇸Spanish

mate

victoria completa

🇮🇹Italian

scacco matto

vittoria completa

🇳🇱Dutch

schaakmat

volledige overwinning

🇵🇹Portuguese

xeque-mate

vitória completa

🇷🇺Russian

мат

полная победа

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मात

पूर्ण विजय

🇧🇩Bengali

চেকমেট

সম্পূর্ণ বিজয়

🇮🇳Tamil

செக்மேட்

முழுமையான வெற்றி

🇮🇳Telugu

చెక్‌మేట్

పూర్తి విజయం

🇮🇳Marathi

चेकमेट

पूर्ण विजय

🇮🇳Gujarati

ચેકમેટ

સંપૂર્ણ વિજય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚೆಕ್ಮೇಟ್

ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಗೆಲುವು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചെക്ക്മേറ്റ്

സമ്പൂർണ്ണ വിജയം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚੈਕਮੇਟ

ਪੂਰੀ ਜਿੱਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

چیک میٹ

مکمل فتح

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

将死

彻底胜利

🇯🇵Japanese

チェックメイト

完全勝利

🇰🇷Korean

장군

전승

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chiếu tướng

chiến thắng hoàn toàn

🇹🇭Thai

รุกฆาต

ชัยชนะที่สมบูรณ์

🇮🇩Indonesian

sekakmat

kemenangan penuh

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مات

النصر الكامل

🇮🇷Persian

مات

پیروزی کامل

🇹🇷Turkish

mat

tam zafer

🇮🇱Hebrew

מַט

ניצחון מוחלט

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