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passe

1

[ pahs ]

noun

, French.
  1. the numbers 19 through 36 in roulette.


passé

2

[ pa-sey; French pah-sey ]

adjective

  1. no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded:

    There were many photographs of passé fashions. I thought hand-cranked pencil sharpeners were passé.

    Synonyms: quaint, démodé, old-fashioned

  2. past:

    time passé.

  3. past the prime of one's life.

noun

, plural pas·sés [pa-, seyz, pah-, sey].
  1. Ballet. a movement in which one leg passes behind or in front of the other.

passé

/ ˈpɑseɪ; ˈpɑːseɪ; pɑse /

adjective

  1. out-of-date

    passé ideas

  2. past the prime; faded

    a passé society beauty



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Word History and Origins

Origin of passe1

Literally, “passing, pass”

Origin of passe2

1765–75; < French, past participle of passer to pass

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Word History and Origins

Origin of passe1

C18: from French, past participle of passer to pass

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Example Sentences

Even television is passé; at one point Keizer tries screening a film only to notice that every kid but one is staring at a phone.

Hating on Gwyneth Paltrow and judging her self-appointed lifestyle ambassadorship is so passé.

This leads some to propose that the American middle and working classes has become economically passé.

But these days, filling your feed with mainstream celebs is totally passé.

Lingerie—once so scandalous, erotic—was worse than taboo, it was passé.

Most of the girls talk silly nonsense that wearies a fellow, and the more passé they are the worse they gush.

Quand on n'a point pour cela l'impulsion du passé, il faut bien se confier à la raison.

L'esprit du XIXe siècle est de comprendre et de juger les choses du passé.

She used to live in Passy, and was called "La recluse du passé."

Au milieu de tout ce désordre, ma mère avait passé sans que je la reconnusse.

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