passé
UK/ˈpæ.seɪ/US/pæˈseɪ/
passé adjective: dated; out of style; old-fashioned.
Adjective
passé (comparative more passé, superlative most passé)
- Dated; out of style; old-fashioned.
- Mary felt annoyed at the girl; just because bras had become passé, did a girl with so pronounced a bosom have to cater to fashion? In this case practicality dictated a bra, and Mary stood at the desk feeling herself flushing with disapproval.1964, Philip K. Dick, “FOUR”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 27
- I never thought you'd be a junkie, because heroin is so passé.1997, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, “Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth”, performed by The Dandy Warhols
- Past one's prime; worn; faded.
- The coaching stock is in general in a very passé condition, but the ex-royal saloon, though needing a coat of paint outside, as another photograph shows, is spotless inside.1939 November, “Pertinent Paragraphs: The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 357
- Synonyms:
- raddled
Noun
passé (plural passés)
- An attack that passes the target without hitting.
Examples of passé in a sentence
- We'll paint the town blue 'cause, baby, red is so passé.2007, “Turn On Billie”, performed by The Pierces:
- It is perhaps inevitable that a movement that was the height of fashion in the last decade would start to seem passé in this one.2022 June 17, Michelle Goldberg, “The Future Isn’t Female Anymore”, in The New York Times:
- Then, like side fringes, Smirnoff Ice and tights under denim shorts, smoking was suddenly passé – distasteful, even gross.2023 June 16, Daisy Jones, “Cool, sexy and stinking of smoke: why are TV dramas giving cigarettes a comeback?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Synonyms of passé
Forms of passé
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more passé |
| superlative | most passé |
| alternative form | passe |
| Noun | |
| plural | passés |
Origin of passé
From French passé (“passed”, past participle of passer (“to pass”)).
Words that rhyme with passé
Questions about passé
- What does passé mean?
- Passé means dated; out of style; old-fashioned.
- How do you use passé in a sentence?
- We'll paint the town blue 'cause, baby, red is so passé.
- What part of speech is passé?
- Passé can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce passé?
- Passé is pronounced /ˈpæ.seɪ/ (UK).
Words near passé in the dictionary
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