passé

See also: passe, Passe, pâssé, Pässe, and påsse

English

Alternative forms

• passe

Etymology

From French passé (“passed”, past participle of passer (“to pass”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpæ.seɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pæˈseɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Adjective

passé (comparative more passé, superlative most passé)

1. (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.

2. Past one's prime; worn; faded.

Usage notes

As in French, passée is sometimes used for the feminine: "a passée belle".

Synonyms

• (dated, old-fashioned): disused, outdated, outworn; see also Thesaurus:obsolete or Thesaurus:unfashionable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

Translations

dated; out of style; old-fashioned

• Russian: старомо́дный (ru) m (staromódnyj)

• Swedish: passé (sv)

Noun

passé (plural passés)

1. (fencing) An attack that passes the target without hitting.

Anagrams

• apses, spaes

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ.se/, /pa.se/

• Audio (FR)

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Noun

passé m (plural passés)

1. past tense
2. past (opposite of future)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• passé composé
• passé proche

• passé simple
• passé surcomposé

Adjective

passé (feminine singular passée, masculine plural passés, feminine plural passées)

1. past
2. (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

Verb

passé m (feminine singular passée, masculine plural passés, feminine plural passées)

1. past participle of passer

Further reading

• “passé” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• pesas

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German

Alternative forms

• passee

Etymology

Borrowed from French passé.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

passé (not comparable)

1. past, over

Declension

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	passéer	passée	passées	passée
	genitive	passéen	passéer	passéen	passéer
	dative	passéem	passéer	passéem	passéen
	accusative	passéen	passée	passées	passée
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der passée	die passée	das passée	die passéen
	genitive	des passéen	der passéen	des passéen	der passéen
	dative	dem passéen	der passéen	dem passéen	den passéen
	accusative	den passéen	die passée	das passée	die passéen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein passéer	eine passée	ein passées	(keine) passéen
	genitive	eines passéen	einer passéen	eines passéen	(keiner) passéen
	dative	einem passéen	einer passéen	einem passéen	(keinen) passéen
	accusative	einen passéen	eine passée	ein passées	(keine) passéen

Synonyms

• vorbei, vergangen

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Verb

passé m (pl passés, f passeda, fpl passedes)

1. Alternative form of passer
2. past participle of passer

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Piedmontese

Verb

passé

1. to pass