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passed pawn

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns on its own or adjacent files, and that hence has a clear run to the first or eighth rank.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: board-games, chess, games

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Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: peó passat — pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns
  • Dutch: vrijpion — pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns
  • Finnish: vapaasotilas — pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns
  • French: pion passé — pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns
  • German: Freibauer — pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns
  • Italian: pedone passato — pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns
  • Portuguese: peão passado — pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns
  • Russian: проходная пешка (proxodnaja peška) — pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns
  • Russian: проходная (proxodnaja) — pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns
  • Spanish: peón pasado — pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns
  • Swedish: fribonde — pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns
  • Turkish: geçer piyon — pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns
  • Vietnamese: tốt thông — pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns