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{{also|Passant}}
==English==
[[File:Blason-gueules-lion-passant-or.svg|right|thumb|A lion passant.]]

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|passaunt}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|passaunt}} (c. 1300), from {{der|en|fro|passant}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈpæsənt/|q2=hyperforeign|/pəˈsɑnt/}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-passant.ogg|a=US}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{lb|en|heraldry|of a four-legged animal}} [[walking|Walking]], usually to the [[right]], and [[looking]] straight [[ahead]] with the right [[forepaw]] raised from the ground. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
#: {{cot|en|statant|courant}}
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|book=III|canto=I|passage=He them espying, gan himselfe prepare, / And on his arme addresse his goodly shield / That bore a Lion '''passant''' in a golden field.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Currently in use; in [[vogue]]. {{defdate|17th|19th c.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1646|author=Sir Thomas Browne|title=Pseudodoxia Epidemica|section=III.7
|passage=Many opinions are '''passant''' concerning the basilisk, or ''little king'' of serpents, commonly called the cockatrice [...].}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|en passant}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
From {{m|ca|passar}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}

===Adjective===
{{ca-adj}}

# [[passing]]
# {{lb|ca|heraldry}} {{l|en|passant}}

===Noun===
{{ca-noun|mfbysense}}

# [[passer-by]]
#: {{syn|ca|transeünt}}
# [[tutor]]
# an [[assistant]] to a [[lawyer]] or [[notary]]; [[law clerk]]

===Noun===
{{ca-noun|m}}

# [[passing]] {{gloss|moment something passes}}
# a [[procession]] of musicians
#: {{syn|ca|passada|cercavila}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ca|en passant}}

===Preposition===
{{head|ca|preposition}}

# [[beyond]], [[past]]
# [[around]] {{gloss|e.g. a corner}}
#: ''La botiga és només '''passant''' la cantonada.''
#:: The shop is just '''around''' the corner

===Verb===
{{head|ca|gerund}}

# {{gerund of|ca|passar}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{der|nl|frm|passant}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-passant.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|pas|sant}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-en|+}}

# [[passer-by]]
#: {{ux|nl|De '''passanten''' negeerden de doedelzakspeler voornamelijk, maar sommigen gooiden wat in zijn pet.
|t=The passers-by mostly ignored the piper, but some threw something in his cap.}}
# a traveller in transit who is staying somewhere for a short period of time

====Synonyms====
* {{l|nl|voorbijganger}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nl|passantenhaven}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|fr|fro|passant}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|[pas:pâs]}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-passant.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# [[passer-by]]
#* {{RQ:Cervantes Viardot Don Quichotte|volume=I|chapter=XXXV|text=« Arrête, larron ! s’écriait-il ; arrête, félon, bandit, détrousseur de '''passants''' ; je te tiens ici, et ton cimeterre ne te sera bon à rien. »|t="Stop, thief!" cried he; "Stop, traitor, bandit, robber of '''passers-by'''; I hold thee here, and thy scimitar will be of no use to thee."}}
# [[loop]] (in belt etc.)

===Adjective===
{{fr-adj}}

# [[busy]] (as in a busy street)
# {{lb|fr|heraldry}} {{l|en|passant}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fr|bande passante}}

===Participle===
{{head|fr|present participle}}

# {{present participle of|fr|passer}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Old French==

===Verb===
{{head|fro|present participle}}

# {{present participle of|fro|passer|nocat=1}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|passant}}

==Pali==

===Alternative forms===
{{pi-alt}}

===Adjective===
{{pi-adj}}

# {{inflection of|pi|passati||pres|act|part|t=to see}}

====Declension====
{{pi-decl-noun|g=m}}
{{pi-decl-noun|passantī|g=f}}
{{pi-decl-noun|g=n}}