passé
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French passé (“passed”, past participle of passer (“to pass”)).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
passé (comparative more passé, superlative most passé)
- (colloquial) Dated; out of style; old-fashioned.
- 1997, Courtney Taylor-Taylor (lyrics and music), “Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth”, performed by The Dandy Warhols:
- I never thought you'd be a junkie, because heroin is so passé.
- 2007, “Turn On Billie”, performed by The Pierces:
- We'll paint the town blue 'cause, baby, red is so passé.
- Past one's prime; worn; faded.
- 1939 November, “Pertinent Paragraphs: The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 357:
- The coaching stock is in general in a very passé condition, but the ex-royal saloon, though needing a coat of paint outside, as another photograph shows, is spotless inside.
Usage notesEdit
As in French, passée is sometimes used for the feminine: "a passée belle".
SynonymsEdit
- (dated, old-fashioned): disused, outdated, outworn; see also Thesaurus:obsolete or Thesaurus:unfashionable
- (past one's prime): raddled, wasted, worn-out; see also Thesaurus:deteriorated
TranslationsEdit
dated; out of style; old-fashioned
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NounEdit
passé (plural passés)
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
passé m (plural passés)
- past tense
- past (opposite of future)
Derived termsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
passé (feminine singular passée, masculine plural passés, feminine plural passées)
- past
- (used with certain temporal nouns) last
- la semaine passée ; l'année passée, l’an passé ; l'hiver passé ― last week; last year; last winter
- Synonym: dernier
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
passé m (feminine singular passée, masculine plural passés, feminine plural passées)
- past participle of passer
Further readingEdit
- “passé” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
passé (not comparable)
DeclensionEdit
Only used predicatively.
Declension of passé
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist passé | sie ist passé | es ist passé | sie sind passé | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | — | — | — | — |
| genitive | — | — | — | — | |
| dative | — | — | — | — | |
| accusative | — | — | — | — | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | — | — | — | — |
| genitive | — | — | — | — | |
| dative | — | — | — | — | |
| accusative | — | — | — | — | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | — | — | — | — |
| genitive | — | — | — | — | |
| dative | — | — | — | — | |
| accusative | — | — | — | — | |
SynonymsEdit
LadinEdit
VerbEdit
passé m (pl passés, f passeda, fpl passedes)
- Alternative form of passer
- past participle of passer
Louisiana Creole FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French passer (“to pass”), compare Haitian Creole pase.
VerbEdit
passé
- to pass
ReferencesEdit
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
PiedmonteseEdit
VerbEdit
passé
- to pass
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
passé (not comparable)
- passé (dated, out of style, old-fashioned)
- Synonyms: miniony, przebrzmiały, niemodny
DeclensionEdit
Indeclinable.