gambit
French, noun/ɡɑ̃.bit/
gambit is spelled G-A-M-B-I-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gambit is a French masculine noun meaning “gambit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sacrifice d’une pièce en vue d’obtenir un avantage positionnel”.
What does gambit mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegambit
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sacrifice d’une pièce en vue d’obtenir un avantage positionnel. 2. Type d’ouverture présentant un tel sacrifice.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gambit
- gambits plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gambit?
- /ɡɑ̃.bit/
- \ɡɑ̃.bit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gambit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gambit in French?
gambit appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).