Passy

[pa-see]

noun

1. Frédérick 1822–1912, French economist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1901.

2. his son Paul Édouard 1859–1940, French phonetician.

Passy

/ pasi /

noun

1. Frédéric (frederik). 1822–1912, French politician and economist, who campaigned for international arbitration to prevent war: shared the first Nobel peace prize 1901

Example Sentences

The Dane won the 22.4km stage 16 from Passy to Combloux in 32 minutes 36 seconds on a decisive day of the Tour.

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Things quieted when I turned onto rue Lekain, where Passy’s residents were at one time laid to rest.

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Missives were passed between households in the villages of Passy and Chaillot, tiny enclaves bordering Paris.

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I started looking where she had lived, the villages of Passy and Chaillot.

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I headed to the site of Passy’s 18th-century cemetery, along the narrow rue de l’Annonciation where a few of the one- and two-story elite homes of Abigail’s time still stand, painted now in muted pastels and secured by walls and gates.

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