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pas devant

pas devant adjective: not appropriate in the presence of children or current company.

Adjective

pas devant

  1. Not appropriate in the presence of children or current company.

Interjection

pas devant

  1. Not in front of the present audience.

Origin of pas devant

Short for French pas devant les enfants (“not in front of the children”).

Questions about pas devant

What does pas devant mean?
Pas devant means not appropriate in the presence of children or current company.
What part of speech is pas devant?
Pas devant can be an adjective or an interjection.

Words near pas devant in the dictionary

  1. pas de chat
  2. pas de chats
  3. pas de deux
  4. pas de quatre
  5. pas de trois
  6. pas devant
  7. pas devant les enfants
  8. pas seul
  9. pas seuls
  10. Pas Yisroel
  11. Pas-de-Calais

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