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passe

See also: Passe, passé, pâssé, and Pässe

English

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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passe (comparative more passe, superlative most passe)

  1. Alternative spelling of passé

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passe (third-person singular simple present passes, present participle passing, simple past and past participle passed)

  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...

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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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.

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Verb

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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.

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Dutch

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passe

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of passen

French

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Noun

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passe f (plural passes)

  1. pass (the act of passing)
  2. pass (passageway)
  3. (sports) pass

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passe m (plural passes)

  1. pass (document allowing entry)

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passe

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

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Galician

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passe

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of passar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

German

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passe

  1. inflection of passen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Ladin

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passe

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

Latin

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Participle

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passe

  1. vocative masculine singular of passus

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From German passen.

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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)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From German passen.

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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)

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Pali

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passe

  1. first-person singular present middle of passati (“to see”)
  2. first/second/third-person singular optative active of passati (“to see”)

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passe

  1. inflection of passa (“one who sees”):
    1. locative singular
    2. accusative plural

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passe

  1. inflection of passa (“flank”):
    1. locative singular
    2. accusative plural

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  • Hyphenation: pas‧se

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from passar (“to pass”).

Noun

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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)

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Verb

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passe

  1. inflection of passar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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