passe
[pahs]
noun French.
the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.
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outdated, obsolete, corny, outmoded, odd, unfashionable, ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, dated, dead, dowdy, extinct, fusty, moldy, musty, neglected, obsolescent
Compare manque.
Origin of passe
literally, passing, pass
passé
[pa-sey; for 4 also French pah-sey]
adjective
noun, plural pas·sés [pa-seyz; French pah-sey] /pæˈseɪz; French pɑˈseɪ/.
Origin of passé
Synonyms for passé
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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 EndedNick 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 ChildrenDesiderius Erasmus
But I could never learne the cause why it should be so called, and therefore I will let it passe.
The Survey of LondonJohn Stow
Manie of them for hast were drowned in a riuer which they had to passe.
Holinshed Chronicles, Volume I, CompleteRaphaell Holinshed
This pear came from a seed of the Passe Colmar sown by M. Mas in 1850.
The Pears of New YorkU. P. Hedrick
They will passe for current at a May-pole, and purchase a favour from their May-Marian.
Finger-Ring LoreWilliam Jones
passé
adjective
Word Origin for passé
C18: from French, past participle of passer to pass
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