passe

[pahs]

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noun French.

the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.

Compare manque.

Origin of passe

literally, passing, pass

passé

[pa-sey; for 4 also French pah-sey]

adjective

no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded: There were many photographs of passé fashions. I thought hand-cranked pencil sharpeners were passé.
past: time passé.
past the prime of one's life.

noun, plural pas·sés

[pa-seyz; French pah-sey] /pæˈseɪz; French pɑˈseɪ/.

Ballet. a movement in which one leg passes behind or in front of the other.

Origin of passé

1765–75; < French, past participle of passer to pass

Synonyms for passé

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1. old-fashioned, démodé, quaint.

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Related Words for passe

outdated, obsolete, corny, outmoded, odd, unfashionable, ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, dated, dead, dowdy, extinct, fusty, moldy, musty, neglected, obsolescent

Examples from the Web for passe

Contemporary Examples of passe

Shaving your head is passe and even tattoos are fading as a personalized cultural statement.
This One Picture of Telly Savalas Refutes All Fears That Progress Has Ended
Nick Gillespie
October 30, 2014

Historical Examples of passe

What shulde thei do in scholes but passe the daye in chydyng and beatynge?
The Education of Children
Desiderius Erasmus
But I could never learne the cause why it should be so called, and therefore I will let it passe.
The Survey of London
John Stow
Manie of them for hast were drowned in a riuer which they had to passe.
Holinshed Chronicles, Volume I, Complete
Raphaell Holinshed
This pear came from a seed of the Passe Colmar sown by M. Mas in 1850.
The Pears of New York
U. P. Hedrick
They will passe for current at a May-pole, and purchase a favour from their May-Marian.
Finger-Ring Lore
William Jones

British Dictionary definitions for passe

passé

adjective

out-of-datepassé ideas
past the prime; fadeda passé society beauty

Word Origin for passé

C18: from French, past participle of passer to pass

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Word Origin and History for passe

adj.

1775, from French passé (fem. passée) "past, faded," past participle of passer "to pass" (see pass (v.)). Originally of a woman past the period of greatest beauty.