passer

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 See also 1.3 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Verb 3.3.1 Usage notes 3.3.2 Conjugation 3.3.3 Derived terms 3.4 Anagrams 4 Latin 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Inflection 4.1.2 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æsə(r)

[edit] Noun

passer (plural passers)

1. (sports) Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass

   England coach Sven Goran Eriksson hailed midfielder David Beckham as possibly the best passer in the world. - BBC Sport - Eriksson salutes Beckham brilliance

   A fearless tackler in defence, Wilkinson is a fine passer and one of the most consistent goalkickers in world rugby. - BBC Sport - World Cup midfield generals - Jonny Wilkinson

2. (American football) a football player who makes a forward pass, who may but doesn't have to be the quarterback

[edit] See also

• passer-by

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aeprss
• aspers
• parses
• repass
• spares
• sparse
• spaser
• spears, Spears

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

passer m.

1. A compass (device used with a pencil to draw an arc or circle on paper)

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin passus, perfect participle of patior (“‘I endure, allow’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /pa.se/, /pɑː.se/, SAMPA: /pa.se/, pAː.se

[edit] Verb

passer

1. (reflexive) to take place, to happen
2. to pass (go past)
3. to pass (skip a go)
4. to cross (e.g. a border)
5. (law) to pass

   passer une loi - to pass a law

6. to publish (a newspaper)
7. to take, to sit (an exam or test)

   J'ai réussi à l'examen que j'avais passé en avril. - I passed the exam that I took in April

8. to pass, to succesfully complete (an exam or test)
9. to pass (exceed)
10. to percolate
11. to pass on, to hand down
12. to exceed (get higher in value than)
13. (for time) to go by
14. to pass (be allowed)
15. to spend (time)

    J'ai passé les vacances en Espagne - I spend the holidays in Spain

16. to have (a good/bad time)

    J'ai passé une splendide soirée chez toi - I had a great evening at yours

17. to pass, to go (between two states)

    passer entre bon et mal - to go between good and bad

18. (transitive) to show (a movie)
19. to go up (a grade)
20. to shift (change gear)
    1. to go down
    2. to go up
21. to stop by

    Je vais y passer demain pour mes affaires. - I'm going to stop by there tomorrow for my things

22. pass away (die)
23. (music) to spin (e.g. a disk)
24. (TV) to show (be on television)
25. (sports) to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player)
26. (athletics) to pass (the relay baton)
27. to pass on (infect someone else with a disease)
28. to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else)

    passer la main sous sa culotte - slip one's hand under her pants

29. to wipe, rub

    Elle passe la crème sur son ventre - She's rubbing cream on her chest

30. to put (make something undergo something)
31. (card games) to pass (not play upon one's turn)

[edit] Usage notes

When conjugating passer, compound tenses are formed using être as the auxiliary verb in the sense To pass, to pass by when passer is intransitive. For all other meanings, avoir is used

[edit] Conjugation

[edit] Derived terms

• dépasser
• repasser
• passer à
• passer à gauche
• passer de la pommade
• passer fleur
• passer la rampe
• passer le poteau
• passer le savon/passer un savon
• passement
• se passer
• se passer de

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aeprss
• pressa

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

passer (genitive passeris); m, third declension

1. sparrow

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	passer	passerēs
genitive	passeris	passerum
dative	passerī	passeribus
accusative	passerem	passerēs
ablative	passere	passeribus
vocative	passer	passerēs

[edit] Related terms

• passercula, passerculus
• passerīnus