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gambit

See also: Gambit

English

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Etymology

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From Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from Italian gamba (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba.

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Noun

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gambit (plural gambits)

  1. (chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
    Her clever gambit gave her an advantage.
  2. Any ploy or stratagem.
    Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.
    • 2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240:
      The Red Holocaust is best interpreted in this light as the bitter fruit of an[sic] utopian gambit that was socially misengineered into a dystopic nightmare by despots in humanitarian disguise.
    • 2023 June 29, City AM, London, page 18, column 2:
      An opening sequence, featuring a de-aged Ford playing a younger Indy, is a bold and nostalgic gambit, offering a glimpse of what you've missed.
  3. A remark intended to open a conversation.

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Verb

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gambit (third-person singular simple present gambits, present participle gambiting, simple past and past participle gambited)

  1. (chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.

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Noun

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gambit m (plural gambits)

  1. gambit

Descendants

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  • → Russian: гамбит (gambit)
    • → Georgian: გამბიტი (gambiṭi)

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English gambit, from Italian gambetto, from gamba, from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *kamp-.

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Noun

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gambit m inan

  1. (chess) gambit (chess move)
  2. gambit (risky move)
    Synonym: ryzyko

Declension

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Declension of gambit
singular plural
nominative gambit gambity
genitive gambitu gambitów
dative gambitowi gambitom
accusative gambit gambity
instrumental gambitem gambitami
locative gambicie gambitach
vocative gambicie gambity

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  • gambit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gambit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French gambit.

Noun

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gambit n (plural gambituri)

  1. gambit

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative gambit gambitul gambituri gambiturile
genitive-dative gambit gambitului gambituri gambiturilor
vocative gambitule gambiturilor

Slovak

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Noun

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gambit m inan

  1. (chess) gambit

Declension

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Declension of gambit (pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativegambitgambity
genitivegambitugambitov
dativegambitugambitom
accusativegambitgambity
locativegambitegambitoch
instrumentalgambitomgambitmi

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