passe-partout

See also: passepartout and Passepartout

English

Etymology

From French passe-partout.

Noun

passe-partout (plural passe-partouts)

1. (obsolete) That by which one can pass anywhere; a safe-conduct.

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2. (obsolete) A master key; a latchkey.
3. (obsolete) A light picture frame or mat of cardboard, wood, etc., usually put between the picture and the glass, and sometimes serving for several pictures.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for passe-partout in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• passepartout

Etymology

From French passe-partout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑs.pɑrˈtu/

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• Hyphenation: pas‧se-par‧tout

Noun

passe-partout m (plural passe-partouts, diminutive passe-partoutje n)

1. mat (thick paper or paperboard border used to inset and center the contents of a frame)

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Italian

Alternative forms

• passepartout

Etymology

From French passe-partout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasparˈtu/

Noun

passe-partout m (invariable)

1. skeleton key, master key
2. mat (thick paper or paperboard border used to inset and center the contents of a frame)