"passé" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpæ.seɪ/ [UK], /pæˈseɪ/ [General-American] Forms: more passé [comparative], most passé [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From French passé (“passed”, past participle of passer (“to pass”)). Etymology templates: {{l|en|passed}} passed, {{l|en|pass}} pass, {{m|fr|passer||to pass}} passer (“to pass”), {{bor|en|fr|passé||passed|pos=past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">passer</i> (“to <span class="Latn" lang="en">pass</span>”)}} French passé (“passed”, past participle of passer (“to pass”)) Head templates: {{en-adj}} passé (comparative more passé, superlative most passé)
  1. (colloquial) Dated; out of style; old-fashioned. Tags: colloquial Translations (dated; out of style; old-fashioned): отживял (otživjal) (Bulgarian), старомоден (staromoden) (Bulgarian), veraltet; altmodisch (German), passé (Polish), старомо́дный (staromódnyj) [masculine] (Russian), passé (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-passé-en-adj-aCXZxqob Disambiguation of 'dated; out of style; old-fashioned': 100 0
  2. Past one's prime; worn; faded. Synonyms (past one's prime): raddled
    Sense id: en-passé-en-adj-NinXR2Uo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of "past one's prime": 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: disused [dated], outdated, outworn, obsolete, unfashionable, wasted, worn-out, deteriorated, passe

Noun

IPA: /ˈpæ.seɪ/ [UK], /pæˈseɪ/ [General-American] Forms: passés [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From French passé (“passed”, past participle of passer (“to pass”)). Etymology templates: {{l|en|passed}} passed, {{l|en|pass}} pass, {{m|fr|passer||to pass}} passer (“to pass”), {{bor|en|fr|passé||passed|pos=past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">passer</i> (“to <span class="Latn" lang="en">pass</span>”)}} French passé (“passed”, past participle of passer (“to pass”)) Head templates: {{en-noun}} passé (plural passés)
  1. (fencing) An attack that passes the target without hitting. Categories (topical): Fencing
    Sense id: en-passé-en-noun-6vsatDhx Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: passe

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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