passe

[ pahs ]

/ pɑs /

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noun French.

the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.

Nearby words

passband, passbook, passbook savings account, passchendaele, passcode, passe, passe-partout, passed, passed ball, passed pawn, passel

Compare manque.

Origin of passe

literally, passing, pass

Definition for passe (2 of 2)

passé

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

/ pæˈseɪ; for 4 also French pɑˈseɪ /

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no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded: There were many photographs of passé fashions.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

1 old-fashioned, démodé, quaint.

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Examples from the Web for 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|DAILY BEAST
And 96 prouoke mee not I beseeche thee to passe the boundes of my good will and mynde.
The Palace of Pleasure|William Painter
This is by the narrow arme whereby they passe into the riuer Parana: it is the more because it is the longer way.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, Volume XIV (of 16)|Richard Hakluyt
Som thought to have fled, but were taken, the King of Firando haveing geven charge that no boate should passe out of the iland.
Diary of Richard Cocks Vol. I|Richard Cocks

Souvent femme varie, and Toute passe, tout casse, tout lasse.
Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1|William Walton
Which if it were so, if they should enter into it and finde no victuals to passe the winter, they could not chuse but perish.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation, Volume XIV (of 16)|Richard Hakluyt

British Dictionary definitions for passe

passé

/ (ˈpɑːseɪ, ˈpɑseɪ, French pɑse) /

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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