gambit

• gambett (obsolete)

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæmbɪt/

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• Rhymes: -æmbɪt

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.

3. A remark intended to open a conversation.

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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gambit m (plural gambits)

1. gambit

• “gambit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡam.bit/

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• Rhymes: -ambit
• Syllabification: gam‧bit

gambit m inan

1. (chess) gambit (chess move)
2. gambit (risky move)

   Synonym: ryzyko

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

From French gambit.

gambit n (plural gambituri)

1. gambit

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡambit]

gambit m (genitive singular gambitu, nominative plural gambity, genitive plural gambitov, declension pattern of dub)

1. (chess) gambit

• gambit in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk