"passer-by" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɑː.sə.baɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpæs.ɚˌbaɪ/ [Canada, US], /ˈpɑː.sə.bɑɪ/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Usmaan (Middle river exports)-passer-by.wav Forms: passers-by [plural]
Etymology: From passer + by. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|passer|by}} passer + by Head templates: {{en-noun|passers-by}} passer-by (plural passers-by)
  1. A person who is passing by (that is, walking past). Categories (topical): People, Travel Synonyms: passer [archaic], passerby Related terms: passer-through Translations (a person who is passing by): مَارّ (mārr) [masculine] (Arabic), مَارَّة (mārra) (note: female passer-by or plural) [feminine] (Arabic), անցորդ (ancʻord) (Armenian), անցվոր (ancʻvor) (Armenian), прахо́жы (praxóžy) [masculine] (Belarusian), прахо́жая (praxóžaja) [feminine] (Belarusian), міна́к (minák) [masculine] (Belarusian), міна́чка (mináčka) [feminine] (Belarusian), минува́ч (minuváč) [masculine] (Bulgarian), минува́чка (minuváčka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vianant [masculine] (Catalan), passant [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), transeünt [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 路人 (lùrén) (Chinese Mandarin), kolemjdoucí [masculine] (Czech), forbipasserende [common-gender] (Danish), voorbijganger (Dutch), passant (Dutch), omstander [masculine] (Dutch), mööduja (Estonian), ohikulkija (Finnish), passant [masculine] (French), passante [feminine] (French), badaud [masculine] (French), transeúnte [feminine, masculine] (Galician), გამვლელი (gamvleli) (Georgian), Passant [masculine] (German), Passantin [feminine] (German), διαβάτης (diavátis) [masculine] (Greek), עובר אורח \ עוֹבֵר אֹרַח (ovér órakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), राहगीर (rāhgīr) [masculine] (Hindi), járókelő (Hungarian), arra menő/járó (Hungarian), pasanto (Ido), pasero (Ido), passante [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 通行人 (tsūkōnin) (alt: つうこうにん) (Japanese), жолаушы (jolauşy) (Kazakh), жүргінші (jürgınşı) (Kazakh), 통행인 (tonghaeng'in) (alt: 通行人) (Korean), жолоочу (joloocu) (Kyrgyz), каттоочу (kattoocu) (Kyrgyz), garāmgājējs [masculine] (Latvian), garāmgājēja [feminine] (Latvian), praeivis [masculine] (Lithuanian), минувач (minuvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), минувачка (minuvačka) [feminine] (Macedonian), forbipasserende [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forbipasserande (Norwegian Nynorsk), passejant [masculine] (Occitan), رهگذر (rahgozar) (Persian), przechodzień [masculine] (Polish), transeunte [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), trecător [masculine] (Romanian), trecătoare [feminine] (Romanian), прохо́жий (proxóžij) [masculine] (Russian), прохо́жая (proxóžaja) [feminine] (Russian), neach-dol-seachad [feminine, masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), про́лазнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), про́лазница [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), prólaznīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prólaznica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), okoloidúci [masculine] (Slovak), mimoidoči [masculine] (Slovene), mimoidoča [feminine] (Slovene), transeúnte [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), viandante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), paseante (Spanish), mwenda (Swahili), förbipasserande (Swedish), förbigående [common-gender] (Swedish), раҳгузар (rahguzar) (Tajik), прохо́жий (proxóžyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), прохо́жа (proxóža) [feminine] (Ukrainian), перехо́жий (perexóžyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), перехо́жа (perexóža) [feminine] (Ukrainian), راہگیر (rāhgīr) [masculine] (Urdu), oʻtkinchi (Uzbek), yoʻlovchi (Uzbek)
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
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          "code": "mk",
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          "code": "nb",
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          "code": "nn",
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          "code": "oc",
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          "word": "passejant"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
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          "sense": "a person who is passing by",
          "word": "رهگذر"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a person who is passing by",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pt",
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          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a person who is passing by",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a person who is passing by",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "a person who is passing by",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "a person who is passing by",
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        {
          "code": "gd",
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sh",
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        {
          "code": "sl",
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            "feminine"
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "es",
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        {
          "code": "es",
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          "code": "sw",
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          "word": "mwenda"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "code": "tg",
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          "sense": "a person who is passing by",
          "word": "раҳгузар"
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          "sense": "a person who is passing by",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "прохо́жий"
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        {
          "code": "uk",
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          "word": "прохо́жа"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "sense": "a person who is passing by",
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          ],
          "word": "перехо́жий"
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        {
          "code": "uk",
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        {
          "code": "ur",
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          "roman": "rāhgīr",
          "sense": "a person who is passing by",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "راہگیر"
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          "code": "uz",
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        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
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        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
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        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swahili translations",
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      "word": "անցվոր"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
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      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kolemjdoucí"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
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      "word": "passant"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "et",
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      "word": "mööduja"
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      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "ohikulkija"
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      "code": "fr",
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "passante"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "badaud"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "transeúnte"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "gamvleli",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "გამვლელი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Passant"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Passantin"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "diavátis",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "διαβάτης"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ovér órakh",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "עובר אורח \\ עוֹבֵר אֹרַח"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "rāhgīr",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "राहगीर"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "járókelő"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "arra menő/járó"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "pasanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "pasero"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "passante"
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    {
      "alt": "つうこうにん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsūkōnin",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "通行人"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jolauşy",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "жолаушы"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jürgınşı",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "жүргінші"
    },
    {
      "alt": "通行人",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tonghaeng'in",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "통행인"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "joloocu",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "жолоочу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kattoocu",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "каттоочу"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "garāmgājējs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "garāmgājēja"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "praeivis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "minuvač",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "минувач"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "minuvačka",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "минувачка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forbipasserende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "forbipasserande"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "passejant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "rahgozar",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "رهگذر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przechodzień"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "transeunte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trecător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trecătoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proxóžij",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прохо́жий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proxóžaja",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прохо́жая"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neach-dol-seachad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "про́лазнӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "про́лазница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prólaznīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prólaznica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "okoloidúci"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mimoidoči"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mimoidoča"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "transeúnte"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viandante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "paseante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "mwenda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "förbipasserande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förbigående"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "rahguzar",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "раҳгузар"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "proxóžyj",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прохо́жий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "proxóža",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прохо́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perexóžyj",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "перехо́жий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perexóža",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перехо́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "rāhgīr",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "راہگیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "oʻtkinchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a person who is passing by",
      "word": "yoʻlovchi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "passer-by"
}

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