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pas·sé

 (pă-sā′)
adj.
1. No longer current or in fashion; out-of-date.
2. Past the prime; faded or aged.

[French, past participle of passer, to pass, from Old French; see pass.]
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passé

(ˈpɑːseɪ; ˈpɑseɪ; French pɑse)
adj
1. out-of-date: passé ideas.
2. past the prime; faded: a passé society beauty. Also (fem): passée
[C18: from French, past participle of passer to pass]
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pas•sé

(pæˈseɪ)

adj.
1. old-fashioned; out-of-date; outmoded.
2. past one's prime.
[1765–75; < French, past participle of passer to pass]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.passe - out of fashionpasse - out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"
unfashionable, unstylish - not in accord with or not following current fashion; "unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind"
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passé

adjective out-of-date, old-fashioned, dated, outdated, obsolete, unfashionable, antiquated, outmoded, old hat, outworn, unhip (slang), démodé (French) Punk rock is passé now.
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passé

adjective
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Translations

passé

[ˈpæseɪ] ADJpasado de moda
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passé

[ˈpɑːseɪ] adj (= old hat) → dépassé(e)
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passé

adjüberholt, passé (inf)
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passé

[ˈpæseɪ] adjsorpassato/a, fuori moda
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Paul Ricoeur, "Reconnaître le souvenir, connaître le passé".
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