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• /ˈt͡ʃɛkmeɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: CH EH1 K M EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”).

208 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shah mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Arabic: شَاهْ مَات (šāh māt) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Arabic: مَات (māt) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Arabic: كِش مَلِك (kiš malik) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Arabic: كش ملك (kešš malek) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Armenian: շախ եւ մատ (šax ew mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Armenian: մատ (mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Belarusian: мат (mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Belarusian: шах і мат (šax i mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Bengali: কিস্তিমাত (kistimat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Bulgarian: мат (mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Bulgarian: шах и мат (šah i mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Catalan: escac i mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Chinese Mandarin: 將軍 /将军 (jiāngjūn) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Czech: mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Czech: šach mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Danish: skakmat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Dutch: schaakmat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Dutch: mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Estonian: šahh ja matt — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Faroese: skák og mát — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Finnish: shakki ja matti — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• French: échec et mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Galician: xaque mate — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Galician: mate — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Georgian: შამათი (šamati) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• German: schachmatt — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• German: schach und matt — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Greek: ματ (mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Hebrew: מָט (mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Hindi: मात (māt) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Hindi: शहमात (śahmāt) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Hungarian: sakk-matt — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Icelandic: skák og mát — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Indonesian: syahmat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Indonesian: skakmat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Indonesian: sekakmat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Italian: scacco matto — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Japanese: チェックメイト (chekkumeito) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Japanese: 詰み (tsumi) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Kalmyk: мад (mad) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Khmer: ស្លាប់ក្រឡា (slap krɑlaa) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Korean: 외통수 (oetongsu) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Korean: 체크메이트 (chekeumeiteu) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Latvian: šahs un mats — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Macedonian: шах-мат (šah-mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Macedonian: мат (mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Malay: syahmat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Māori: whakamiere — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Middle English: chekmat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Mongolian: мад (mad) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Norwegian: sjakkmatt — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Persian: کیش و مات (kiš o mât) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Persian: شاه مات (šâh mât) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Persian: شهمات (šahmât) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Persian: مات (mât) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Polish: mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Polish: szach mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Polish: szach i mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Portuguese: xeque-mate — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Portuguese: xaque-mate — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Romanian: șah mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Romanian: mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Russian: мат (mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Russian: шах и мат (šax i mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Serbo-Croatian: шах-мат — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Serbo-Croatian: мат — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Serbo-Croatian: šah-mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Serbo-Croatian: mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Slovak: šachmat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Slovak: mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Slovene: šah mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Slovene: mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Spanish: jaque mate — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Spanish: mate — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Swedish: schackmatt — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Tagalog: mate — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Tajik: шоҳ мот (šoh mot) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Thai: รุกฆาต (rúk-kâat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Thai: รุกฆาตแล้ว (rúk-kâat-lɛ́ɛo) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Turkish: şah mat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Ukrainian: мат (mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Ukrainian: шах і мат (šax i mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Urdu: شاہ اور مات (śāh aur māt) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Urdu: شاہ مات (śāh māt) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Vietnamese: chiếu tướng — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Vietnamese: chiếu hết — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Welsh: siachmat — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Yiddish: מאַט (mat) — said when making the conclusive move in chess
• Arabic: شَاه مَات (šāh māt) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Armenian: շախմատ (šaxmat) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Belarusian: мат (mat) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Bulgarian: мат (mat) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Chinese Mandarin: 將死 /将死 (jiāngsǐ) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Chinese Mandarin: 將軍 /将军 (jiāngjūn) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Czech: mat — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Danish: skakmat — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Danish: mat — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Dutch: schaakmat — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Dutch: mat — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Esperanto: ŝakmato — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Estonian: matt — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Faroese: mát — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Finnish: matti — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• French: échec et mat — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Galician: xaque mate — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Georgian: შამათი (šamati) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• German: Schachmatt — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Greek: ματ (mat) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Hebrew: מט (mat) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Hindi: शहमात (śahmāt) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Hungarian: sakk-matt — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Hungarian: matt — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Italian: scacco matto — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Japanese: 詰み (tsumi) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Japanese: チェックメイト (chekkumeito) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Korean: 체크메이트 (chekeumeiteu) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Korean: 외통수 (oetongsu) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Māori: whakamiere — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Mongolian: мад (mad) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Norwegian Bokmål: sjakkmatt — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjakkmatt — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Persian: کیش و مات (kiš o mât) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Persian: شهمات (šahmât) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Persian: مات (mât) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Polish: mat — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Portuguese: xeque-mate — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Portuguese: xaque-mate — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Romanian: șah mat — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Romanian: mat — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Russian: шах и мат (šax i mat) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Russian: мат (mat) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Scottish Gaelic: clos — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Slovak: mat — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Slovene: šah mat — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Slovene: mat — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Spanish: jaque mate — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Spanish: mate — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Swedish: matt — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Swedish: schack matt — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Thai: รุกฆาต (rúk-kâat) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Ukrainian: мат (mat) — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Vietnamese: chiếu hết — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Vietnamese: chiếu bí — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Zazaki: sah mat — conclusive victory in a game of chess
• Bulgarian: мат (mat) — losing situation with no escape
• Chinese Mandarin: 徹底失敗 /彻底失败 (chèdǐ shībài) — losing situation with no escape
• Czech: matová situace — losing situation with no escape
• Estonian: lüüasaamine — losing situation with no escape
• Finnish: nurkka — losing situation with no escape
• Finnish: umpikuja — losing situation with no escape
• German: Schachmatt — losing situation with no escape
• German: Niederlage — losing situation with no escape
• German: aussichtslose Lage — losing situation with no escape
• German: hoffnungslose Situation — losing situation with no escape
• Hungarian: patthelyzet — losing situation with no escape
• Hungarian: zsákutca — losing situation with no escape
• Hungarian: vesztes/reménytelen/kilátástalan helyzet — losing situation with no escape
• Middle English: chekmat — losing situation with no escape
• Persian: کیش و مات (kiš o mât) — losing situation with no escape
• Portuguese: xeque-mate — losing situation with no escape
• Slovak: matová situácia — losing situation with no escape
• Zazaki: mat — losing situation with no escape
• Bulgarian: мати́рам (matíram) — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Chinese Mandarin: 把...將死 /把...将死 (bǎ...jiāngsǐ) — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Czech: matovat — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Czech: dát mat — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Esperanto: ŝakmatigi — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Faroese: máta — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Finnish: matittaa — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Finnish: tehdä matti — to put an opponent into checkmate
• French: faire échec et mat — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Georgian: დაშამათება (dašamateba) — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Georgian: აშამათებს (ašamatebs) — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Hungarian: mattot ad — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Hungarian: megmattol — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Icelandic: mát — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Icelandic: máta — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Italian: dare scacco matto — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Japanese: チェックメート (chekkumēto) — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Māori: whakamiere — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Mongolian: мад хийх (mad xiix) — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Persian: شهمات کردن (šahmât kardan) — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Persian: مات کردن (mât kardan) — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Polish: zamatować — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Polish: dać mata — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Russian: ста́вить мат (stávitʹ mat) — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Russian: поста́вить мат (postávitʹ mat) — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir clos air — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Slovak: dať šach mat — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Slovene: matirati — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Swedish: schackmatta — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Swedish: sätta matt — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Swedish: göra matt — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Swedish: sätta schackmatt — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Swedish: göra schackmatt — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Thai: รุกฆาต (rúk-kâat) — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Turkish: mat etmek — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Ottoman Turkish: مات ایتمك (mat etmek) — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Ottoman Turkish: كش ایتمك (kiş etmek) — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Vietnamese: chiếu bí — to put an opponent into checkmate
• Bulgarian: матирам (matiram) — to lead to a situation of no escape
• Chinese Mandarin: 挫敗 /挫败 (cuòbài) — to lead to a situation of no escape
• Finnish: saattaa umpikujaan — to lead to a situation of no escape
• Finnish: panna ahtaalle — to lead to a situation of no escape
• Hungarian: sarokba szorít — to lead to a situation of no escape
• Mongolian: мад тавих (mad tavix) — to lead to a situation of no escape
• Mongolian: мад цохих (mad coxix) — to lead to a situation of no escape