passer

See also: Passer and pâsser

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

pass +‎ -er

PronunciationEdit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːsə(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpæsəɹ/
Rhymes: -æsə(ɹ)

NounEdit

passer (plural passers)

One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
- 2008, David L. Streiner, ‎Geoffrey R. Norman, Health Measurement Scales
  The distributions of scores on the exam for passers and failers are plotted […]
(sports) Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
1. (American football) A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
(chess) A passed pawn.
(archaic) One who passes; a passer-by.
- 1904, National Magazine (volume 20, page 147)
  Passers stopped and began to stare. A policeman was approaching up the street. Dave dodged back into the cab and banged the door.
(sociology) One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.
- 2003, Brooke Kroeger, Passing: When People Can't Be Who They Are
  Explores the history, literature, and sociology of passing, and provides case studies of six individuals who are "passers," including a black man who passed as a white Jew and a lesbian naval officer who passed as straight.
- 2014, Risa Bear, Homecomings, page 69:
  Passers and would-be passers make every effort to be convincing in their chosen gender role […]

TranslationsEdit

sports

Finnish: syöttäjä (fi), passari (fi)

German: Passer (de) m Passgeber (de) m

AnagramsEdit

Aspers, Spears, Speras, aspers, parses, prases, presas, repass, sarpes, spares, sparse, spaser, spears

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From German Passer.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /pasər/, [ˈpʰasɐ]

NounEdit

passer c (singular definite passeren, plural indefinite passere)

InflectionEdit

Declension of passer

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	passer	passeren	passere	passerne
genitive	passers	passerens	passeres	passernes

Etymology 2Edit

See passere (“to pass”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /paseːr/, [pʰaˈseɐ̯ˀ]

VerbEdit

passer or passér

imperative of passere

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From passen (“to measure a size”) +‎ -er.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

passer m (plural passers, diminutive passertje n)

compass (device used with a pencil to draw an arc or circle on paper)

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French passer, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passō, *passāre, from Latin passus, past participle of pandō (“I stretch, I spread out”). Compare Italian passare, Spanish pasar, Portuguese passar.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /pɑ.se/, /pa.se/
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VerbEdit

passer

to go past
to cross (a border)
(law) to pass
passer une loi ― to pass a law
to spend (time)
J'ai passé les vacances en Espagne.
I spent the holidays in Spain.

J'ai passé une splendide soirée chez toi.
I had a great evening at your place.
to publish (a newspaper)
(transitive) to take, to sit (an exam or test)
J'ai réussi l'examen que j'avais passé en avril.
I passed the exam that I took in April.
(intransitive) to pass (an exam or test)
Il est passé à l'examen.
He passed the exam.
(dated) (transitive) to pass (an exam or test)
Il a passé l'examen.
He passed the exam.
(public transportation) to run
Le train passe toutes les vingt minutes.
The train runs every 20 minutes.
to exceed (a limit)
to percolate
to hand down, to pass on
to be allowed
(intransitive) to pass, to go (between two entities)
- 1908, Gaston Leroux, Le Mystère de la chambre jaune, 2009 edition, Wikisource, chapter 1:
  L’assassin n’avait donc pas passé par là et ne pouvait se sauver par là [...]
  - 1908, anonymous, Margaret Jull Costa (editor), The Mystery of the Yellow Room, 2003 edition (Dedalus, →ISBN:
    The murderer, therefore, could not have entered that way and could not possibly escape that way.
(transitive) to show (a movie)
to go up (a grade)
to shift (change gear)
1. to go down
2. to go up
to stop by, to pop in
Je vais y passer demain pour mes affaires.
I'm going to stop by there tomorrow for my things.
to pass away, to die
(music) to spin (e.g. a disk)
(television) to show (be on television)
(sports) to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player)
(athletics) to pass (the relay baton)
to pass on (infect someone else with a disease)
(transitive) to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else)
- 1908, Gaston Leroux, Le Mystère de la chambre jaune, 2009 edition, Wikisource, chapter 1:
  [...] et, par-dessus les volets, les barreaux intacts, des barreaux à travers lesquels vous n’auriez pas passé le bras…
  - 1908, anonymous, Margaret Jull Costa (editor), The Mystery of the Yellow Room, 2003 edition (Dedalus, →ISBN:
    [...] and, as well as those shutters, there were iron bars so close together that you could not even have got your arm through them.
to wipe, rub
Elle passe de la crème sur son ventre.
She's rubbing cream on her belly.
to skip a go
to put (make something undergo something)
(card games) to pass (not play upon one's turn)
(reflexive) to take place, to happen, to come to pass.
(reflexive, for time) to go by
(reflexive, with de) to do without
Je ne peux pas me passer du café le matin.
I can't do without a cup of coffee in the morning.

Usage notesEdit

This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être.

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of passer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive
present participle		passant /pa.sɑ̃/ or /pɑ.sɑ̃/
past participle		passé /pa.se/ or /pɑ.se/
simple		passer
compound		avoir or être + past participle
gerund¹
simple		passant /pa.sɑ̃/ or /pɑ.sɑ̃/
compound		ayant or étant + past participle
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	passe /pas/ or /pɑs/	passes /pas/ or /pɑs/	passe /pas/ or /pɑs/	passons /pa.sɔ̃/ or /pɑ.sɔ̃/	passez /pa.se/ or /pɑ.se/	passent /pas/ or /pɑs/
	imperfect	passais /pa.sɛ/ or /pɑ.sɛ/	passais /pa.sɛ/ or /pɑ.sɛ/	passait /pa.sɛ/ or /pɑ.sɛ/	passions /pa.sjɔ̃/ or /pɑ.sjɔ̃/	passiez /pa.sje/ or /pɑ.sje/	passaient /pa.sɛ/ or /pɑ.sɛ/
	past historic²	passai /pa.se/ or /pɑ.se/	passas /pa.sa/ or /pɑ.sa/	passa /pa.sa/ or /pɑ.sa/	passâmes /pa.sam/ or /pɑ.sam/	passâtes /pa.sat/ or /pɑ.sat/	passèrent /pa.sɛʁ/ or /pɑ.sɛʁ/
	future	passerai /pa.sʁe/ or /pɑ.sʁe/	passeras /pa.sʁa/ or /pɑ.sʁa/	passera /pa.sʁa/ or /pɑ.sʁa/	passerons /pa.sʁɔ̃/ or /pɑ.sʁɔ̃/	passerez /pa.sʁe/ or /pɑ.sʁe/	passeront /pa.sʁɔ̃/ or /pɑ.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	passerais /pa.sʁɛ/ or /pɑ.sʁɛ/	passerais /pa.sʁɛ/ or /pɑ.sʁɛ/	passerait /pa.sʁɛ/ or /pɑ.sʁɛ/	passerions /pa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pɑ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	passeriez /pa.sə.ʁje/ or /pɑ.sə.ʁje/	passeraient /pa.sʁɛ/ or /pɑ.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir or être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir or être + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir or être + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir or être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir or être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	passe /pas/ or /pɑs/	passes /pas/ or /pɑs/	passe /pas/ or /pɑs/	passions /pa.sjɔ̃/ or /pɑ.sjɔ̃/	passiez /pa.sje/ or /pɑ.sje/	passent /pas/ or /pɑs/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	passasse /pa.sas/ or /pɑ.sas/	passasses /pa.sas/ or /pɑ.sas/	passât /pa.sa/ or /pɑ.sa/	passassions /pa.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /pɑ.sa.sjɔ̃/	passassiez /pa.sa.sje/ or /pɑ.sa.sje/	passassent /pa.sas/ or /pɑ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	passe /pas/ or /pɑs/	—	passons /pa.sɔ̃/ or /pɑ.sɔ̃/	passez /pa.se/ or /pɑ.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle	simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle	—
¹ Only usable with preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

SynonymsEdit

(reflexive, to happen): se produire, arriver

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

→ Alemannic German: passiere
→ German: passieren

AnagramsEdit

pressa

LadinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *passō, *passāre, from Latin passus.

VerbEdit

passer

to proceed

ConjugationEdit

Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of passer (first conjugation)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	passer, passé
auxiliary verb		avei	gerund		passan
past participle		passé
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	ie	tu	el / ela	nos	vos	ei / eles
present	passe, passeie	passes, passeies	passa, passeia, passea	passon	passeis	passa, passeia
imperfect	passove	passoves	passova	passovan	passovais	passova
future	passaré	passaras	passarà	passaron	passareis	passarà
subjunctive	che ie	che tu	che el / ela	che nos	che vos	che ei / eles
present	passe, passeie	passes, passeies	passe, passeie	passon	passeis	passe
imperfect	passasse	passasses	passassa	passassan	passassais	passassa
imperative	–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative	—	passa, passeia	—	passon	passede	—

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Related to penna.

PronunciationEdit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ser/, [ˈpas.sɛr]

NounEdit

passer m (genitive passeris); third declension

sparrow
- c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 3.3-4:
  passer mortuus est meae puellae / passer, deliciae meae puellae

DeclensionEdit

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	passer	passerēs
Genitive	passeris	passerum
Dative	passerī	passeribus
Accusative	passerem	passerēs
Ablative	passere	passeribus
Vocative	passer	passerēs

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Aragonese: paxaro
Asturian: páxaru
Corsican: passula
Dalmatian: paserain
Esperanto: pasero
Franco-Provençal: pâsserâ
French: passereau
Friulian: passare, passarat
Galician: paxaro
Ido: pasero

Interlingua: passere
Istro-Romanian: pǫsăre
Italian: passero, passera
Occitan: passerat
Portuguese: pássaro
Romanian: pasăre
Romansch: pasler
Sicilian: pàssaru
Spanish: pájaro

ReferencesEdit

passer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
passer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
passer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 449

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French passer.

VerbEdit

passer

to pass; to go by
- 15th century, Rustichello da Pisa (original author), Mazarine Master (scribe), The Travels of Marco Polo, page 3, line 2:
  Cy aprés parle comment les deux freres passerent le desert

ConjugationEdit

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of passer

		simple			compound
infinitive		passer			avoir passé
gerund		en passant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		passant
past participle		passé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ilz, elles
simple tenses	present	passe	passes	passe	passons	passez	passent
	imperfect	passois, passoys	passois, passoys	passoit, passoyt	passions, passyons	passiez, passyez	passoient, passoyent
	past historic	passa	passas	passa	passasmes	passastes	passerent
	future	passerai, passeray	passeras	passera	passerons	passerez	passeront
	conditional	passerois, passeroys	passerois, passeroys	passeroit, passeroyt	passerions, passeryons	passeriez, passeryez	passeroient, passeroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que ie	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	passe	passes	passe	passons	passez	passent
simple tenses	imperfect	passasse	passasses	passast	passassions	passassiez	passassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	passe	—	passons	passez	—

DescendantsEdit

French: passer
- → Alemannic German: passiere
- → German: passieren

ReferencesEdit

passer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian BokmålEdit

VerbEdit

passer

imperative of passere
present of passe

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *passō, *passāre, from Latin passus (“a step, pace, footstep, track”).

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of passer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		passer			avoir passé
gerund		en passant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		passant
past participle		passé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	pas	passes	passe	passons	passez	passent
	imperfect	passoie, passeie, passoe, passeve	passoies, passeies, passoes, passeves	passoit, passeit, passot, passeve	passiiens, passiens	passiiez, passiez	passoient, passeient, passoent, passevent
	preterite	passai	passas	passa	passames	passastes	passerent
	future	passerai	passeras	passera	passerons	passeroiz, passereiz, passerez	passeront
	conditional	passeroie, passereie	passeroies, passereies	passeroit, passereit	passeriiens, passeriens	passeriiez, passeriez	passeroient, passereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	pas	pas	past	passons	passez	passent
simple tenses	imperfect	passasse	passasses	passast	passissons, passissiens	passissoiz, passissez, passissiez	passassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	passe	—	passons	passez	—

DescendantsEdit

Middle French: passer
- French: passer
  - → Alemannic German: passiere
  - → German: passieren
Norman: pâsser, pâssaïr
→ Middle Dutch: passen
- Dutch: passen
→ Middle English: passen
- English: pass
- Scots: pass
→ Middle High German: passen
- German: passen

passer

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

InflectionEdit

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

Usage notesEdit

ConjugationEdit

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

LadinEdit

EtymologyEdit

VerbEdit

ConjugationEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

DeclensionEdit

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

VerbEdit

ConjugationEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

VerbEdit

Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

VerbEdit

ConjugationEdit

DescendantsEdit

Further readingEdit