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passant

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English

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A lion passant.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English passaunt (c. 1300), from Old French passant.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpæsənt/, (hyperforeign) /pəˈsɑnt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æsənt

Adjective

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passant (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry, of a four-legged animal) Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground. [from 15th c.]
    Coordinate terms: statant, courant
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      He them espying, gan himselfe prepare, / And on his arme addresse his goodly shield / That bore a Lion passant in a golden field.
    • 1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 480:
      The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […] .
  2. (obsolete) Currently in use; in vogue. [17th–19th c.]
    • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.7:
      Many opinions are passant concerning the basilisk, or little king of serpents, commonly called the cockatrice [...].

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From passar.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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passant m or f (masculine and feminine plural passants)

  1. passing
  2. (heraldry) passant

Noun

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passant m or f by sense (plural passants)

  1. passer-by
    Synonym: transeünt
  2. tutor
  3. an assistant to a lawyer or notary; law clerk

Noun

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passant m (plural passants)

  1. passing (moment something passes)
  2. a procession of musicians
    Synonyms: passada, cercavila

Derived terms

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Preposition

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passant

  1. beyond, past
  2. around (e.g. a corner)
    La botiga és només passant la cantonada.
    The shop is just around the corner

Verb

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passant

  1. gerund of passar

Further reading

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle French passant.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pas‧sant

Noun

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passant m (plural passanten, diminutive passantje n)

  1. passer-by
    De passanten negeerden de doedelzakspeler voornamelijk, maar sommigen gooiden wat in zijn pet.
    The passers-by mostly ignored the piper, but some threw something in his cap.
  2. a traveller in transit who is staying somewhere for a short period of time

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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French

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old French passant.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    passant m (plural passants)

    1. passer-by
    2. loop (in belt etc.)

    Adjective

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    passant (feminine passante, masculine plural passants, feminine plural passantes)

    1. busy (as in a busy street)
      • 1997, Éric Faye, translated by Jennifer Wagner, Des nouvelles de l'entrée de l'enfer:
        Et depuis quand trainaît-il dans cette rue si peu passante?
        And how long had it been lying in this quiet street?
    2. (heraldry) passant

    Derived terms

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    Participle

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    passant

    1. present participle of passer

    Further reading

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    Old French

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    Verb

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    passant

    1. present participle of passer

    Descendants

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    • English: passant

    Pali

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    Alternative forms

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    Alternative scripts

    Adjective

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    passant

    1. present active participle of passati (“to see”)

    Declension

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    Declension table of "passant" (masculine)
    Case / NumberSingularPlural
    Nominative (first)passaṃ or passantopassanto or passantā
    Accusative (second)passantaṃpassanto or passante
    Instrumental (third)passatā or passantenapassantehi or passantebhi
    Dative (fourth)passato or passantassapassataṃ or passantānaṃ
    Ablative (fifth)passatā or passantasmā or passantamhā or passantāpassantehi or passantebhi
    Genitive (sixth)passato or passantassapassataṃ or passantānaṃ
    Locative (seventh)passati or passantasmiṃ or passantamhi or passantepassantesu
    Vocative (calling)passaṃ or passantapassanto or passantā
    Declension table of "passantī" (feminine)
    Case / NumberSingularPlural
    Nominative (first)passantīpassantiyo or passantī
    Accusative (second)passantiṃ or passantiyaṃpassantiyo or passantī
    Instrumental (third)passantiyāpassantīhi or passantībhi
    Dative (fourth)passantiyāpassantīnaṃ
    Ablative (fifth)passantiyāpassantīhi or passantībhi
    Genitive (sixth)passantiyāpassantīnaṃ
    Locative (seventh)passantiyā or passantiyaṃpassantīsu
    Vocative (calling)passantipassantiyo or passantī
    Declension table of "passant" (neuter)
    Case / NumberSingularPlural
    Nominative (first)passaṃ or passantaṃpassanti or passantāni
    Accusative (second)passaṃ or passantaṃpassanti or passantāni
    Instrumental (third)passatā or passantenapassantehi or passantebhi
    Dative (fourth)passato or passantassapassataṃ or passantānaṃ
    Ablative (fifth)passatā or passantasmā or passantamhā or passantāpassantehi or passantebhi
    Genitive (sixth)passato or passantassapassataṃ or passantānaṃ
    Locative (seventh)passati or passantasmiṃ or passantamhi or passantepassantesu
    Vocative (calling)passaṃ or passantapassanti or passantāni
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