passe

See also: Passe, passé, pâssé, and Pässe

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

passe (comparative more passe, superlative most passe)

1. Alternative spelling of passé

Etymology 2

Verb

passe (third-person singular simple present passes, present participle passing, simple past and past participle passed)

1. Obsolete spelling of pass.
   • 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, A Preface to the Reader:

     Though, quoth I, it was his good fortune, to send from his Schole, vnto the Vniuersitie, one of the best Scholers in deede of all our time, yet wise men do thinke, that that came so to passe, rather, by the great towardnes of the Scholer, than by the great beating of the Master...

See also

• passe garde

Anagrams

• spaes, pases, PESAs, apses, apess

Danish

Etymology 1

Verb

passe (imperative pas, infinitive at passe, present tense passer, past tense passede, perfect tense passet)

1. to look after

   Jeg lovede at passe min lillesøster.

   I promised to look after my little sister.

Etymology 2

Verb

passe (imperative pas, infinitive at passe, present tense passer, past tense passede, perfect tense passet)

1. to be true

   Kan det virkelig passe?

   Can it really be true?

2. to fit

   Låget passer ikke til glasset; det må høre til et andet glas.

   The lid doesn't fit with the jar; it must belong to a different jar.

References

• “passe” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

passe

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of passen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pas/ ~ /pɑs/

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• Rhymes: -ɑs, -as

Noun

passe f (plural passes)

1. pass (the act of passing)
2. pass (passageway)
3. (sports) pass

Noun

passe m (plural passes)

1. pass (document allowing entry)

Verb

passe

1. inflection of passer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Derived terms

• en passe de
• maison de passe
• mauvaise passe
• mot de passe
• passe décisive
• passe en avant
• passe-droit
• passe-partout
• passe-temps
• passeport

 

Further reading

• “passe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• pesas

Galician

Verb

passe

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of passar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -asə

Verb

passe

1. inflection of passen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Ladin

Verb

passe

1. inflection of passer:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person singular and plural present subjunctive

Latin

Participle

passe

1. vocative masculine singular of passus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German passen.

Verb

passe (imperative pass, present tense passer, passive passes, simple past and past participle passa or passet, present participle passende)

1. to fit (be the right size and shape)
2. to suit (someone)
3. to look after (e.g. children)
4. to pass (a ball; at cards)

References

• “passe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• passa

Etymology

From German passen.

Verb

passe (present tense passar, past tense passa, past participle passa, passive infinitive passast, present participle passande, imperative passe/pass)

1. to fit (be the right size and shape)
2. to suit (someone)
3. to look after (e.g. children)
4. to pass (a ball; at cards)

References

• “passe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• पस्से (Devanagari script)
• পস্সে (Bengali script)
• පස‍්සෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ပဿေ or ပသ်သေ (Burmese script)
• ปสฺเส or ปัสเส (Thai script)
• ᨷᩔᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ປສ຺ເສ or ປັສເສ (Lao script)
• បស្សេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄬 (Chakma script)

Verb

passe

1. first-person singular present middle of passati (“to see”)
2. first/second/third-person singular optative active of passati (“to see”)

Noun

passe

1. inflection of passa (“one who sees”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Noun

passe

1. inflection of passa (“flank”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.sɨ/

• Hyphenation: pas‧se

Etymology 1

Deverbal from passar (“to pass”).

Noun

passe m (plural passes)

1. pass (document granting admission or permission to pass)
2. (sports) pass (the act of moving the ball to another player)
3. an employment contract
4. (bullfighting) pass (the act of tricking the bull into running through the cape)

Etymology 2

Verb

passe

1. inflection of passar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative