passe

See also: Passe, passé, pâssé, and Pässe

English

Adjective

passe (comparative more passe, superlative most passe)

1. Alternative spelling of passé

Verb

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...

Anagrams

• apses, spaes

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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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

passe

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of passen

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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
4. 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

Derived terms

• passe-droit
• passe-partout

• passeport
• passe-temps

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• pesas

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German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -asə

Verb

passe

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of passen.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of passen.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of passen.
4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of passen.

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Ladin

Verb

passe

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

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) passe

1. vocative masculine singular of passus

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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.

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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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From passar (“to pass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.si/
• Hyphenation: pas‧se

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)

Verb

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