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e.p.

e.p. is the abbreviation of en passant.

Meaning of en passant

Adverb

en passant (not comparable)

  1. In passing, by the way, incidentally.
    • Turtle doves have long been celebrated for their fidelity; and this turtle dove, though he flirts, en paſſant, with a ſky-lark, a jay, and a quail, does not materially diſcredit the famed conſtancy of his ſpecies, theſe birds being all coquettes: but when he meets (as he fortunately does) with an...1791 January, “[Miscellaneous.] Art. 65. The Turtle Dove. A Tale, from the French of M. de Florian. 8vo. pp. 25. 1s. Printed at Caen in Normandy; and Sold in London by Payne [book review]”, in The...
  2. Of a capture of an enemy pawn, by moving one's pawn to the square that the enemy pawn has just passed over.
    • [I]f the opponent chooses to make this capture, he must do it immediately on his next move – if he makes any other move on his next move, he forever loses the chance to capture that pawn en passant, though he still retains the right to capture another pawn en passant should a similar situation...2007, Mark A. Borders, “The Rules”, in The Self-Improvement of Chess: Why the Game's Basics Apply to Daily Living, [Raleigh, N.C.]: Lulu, →ISBN, page 12

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Questions about e.p.

What is e.p. the abbreviation of?
E.p. is the abbreviation of en passant.

Words near e.p. in the dictionary

  1. e.e.
  2. e.g.
  3. E.H.
  4. E.O.
  5. e.o.h.p.
  6. e.p.
  7. E.P.R.
  8. E.R.
  9. E.S.G.
  10. e.v.
  11. e/acc

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Adapted from Wiktionary: e.p. (page history and authors); en passant (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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