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Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
Edith Head

Meaning of "pas" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PAS

French, literally: step.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PAS

pas  [pɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pas is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PAS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pas in the English dictionary

The definition of pas in the dictionary is a dance step or movement, esp in ballet. Other definition of pas is the right to precede; precedence.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAS

pas de basque
Pas de Calais
pas de chat
pas de deux
pas op
pas seul
Pas-de-Calais
Pasadena
Pasargadae
Pasay
pascal
Pascal´s triangle
Pascal´s wager
Pasch
paschal
paschal flower
Paschal Lamb
pascual
pase

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAS

as
as far as
as good as
as long as
as soon as
as well as
Bahamas
canvas
Christmas
Dallas
Dias
extras
gas
has
Honduras
in so far as
Kansas
Las Vegas
Lucas
mas

Synonyms and antonyms of pas in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pas» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAS

Find out the translation of pas to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pas from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pas» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

PAS
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pas
570 millions of speakers

English

pas
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क़दम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نظام تقييم الأداء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

па-
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পদক্ষেপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Pas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pas
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

PAS
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

PAS
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pas
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

pas
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कृपया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pas
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pas
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pas
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

па-
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pas
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

pas
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pas
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pas

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAS»

The term «pas» is very widely used and occupies the 1.427 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pas» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pas» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pas

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5 QUOTES WITH «PAS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pas.
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Linda Evangelista
Fashion faux pas should be celebrated. I enjoy them because it means we're not all clones.
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Edith Head
Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
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Natalia Makarova
Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.
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Wilson Mizner
The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in.
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Rudolf Nureyev
A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAS»

Discover the use of pas in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pas and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Faux Pas
Published in France in 1943, Faux Pas is the first collection of essays on literature and language by Maurice Blanchot, the most lucid and powerful French critic of the second half of the 20th century.
Maurice Blanchot, 2001
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Fatal Faux-Pas
Samuel C. Gaskin's first book is a delirious mash-up of gags, strips and stories with playful, risque riffs on pop luminaries. Fatal Faux-Pas is youthful exuberance for the adult reader.
‎2008
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PAS Proteins: Regulators and Sensors of Development and ...
The subject of this volume is a comprehensive examination of the biochemistry and biology of all classes of known PAS proteins, with the intention that readers will find insight into their own work and ideas from study of the multitude of ...
Stephen Edgar Crews, 2003
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The Flower Festival in Genzano: Pas de Deux
Bournonville's "pas de deux" from "The Flower Festival in Genzano," an important example of the Romantic Ballet heritage, is brought to life through the use of Labanotation.
Ann Hutchinson Guest, 1987
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Le Francais Pas a Pas
Offers a beginning program designed to help students enjoy learning the essentials of French. The book provides all the elements of an introductory-level course.
Eli Blume, 1988
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Ceci N'est Pas Une Hache: Neolithic Depositions in the ...
As early as the 19th century discoveries of groups of large axes puzzled those confronted with them.
Karsten Wentink, 2006
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This is Not a Pipe
What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? René Magritte's famous canvas provides the starting point for a delightful homage by the French philosopher-historian Michel Foucault.
Michel Foucault, 1983
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Pas de Deux
One wrong move, and she could be dancing on her grave… Two years after an injury put her dancing career on hold, Lynnrina Kovaleva is determined to reclaim her place on the stage.
Fiona Jayde, 2010
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Faux Pas: A No-nonsense Guide to Words and Phrases
" "Faux Pas offers insight into hundreds of these phrases that readers will (or might not) want to use in writing or conversation once they know their correct meanings and usage.
Philip Gooden, 2009
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Vampire Lawman: Non, je ne suis pas un zombie
Jason Daniel Kowalczyk's "Blood Companion Series" ended with the Great Disappearance, leaving behind only a few of those who were brought to life over the ten years that the series ran.
Jason Kowalczyk, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pas is used in the context of the following news items.
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PAS is ready to walk alone, says Haron Din
PAS will cut ties with PKR as well if the latter joins DAP and Gerakan Harapan Baru (GHB) in a new opposition coalition, said PAS spiritual ... «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»
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PAS will never join BN, says party vice-president
PAS vice-president Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah says if there is a new coalition in the future with other parties, then it will be up to the PAS ... «The Rakyat Post, Jul 15»
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2015 Faux Pas Rodeo final standings
Craig Accardo, Don Spedale, Johnny Blue, John Garrett and Tangle Tim Lott, a.k.a. Team Viking, didn't win any categories at the 2015 Faux ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
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Allow students a real place in national politics, urges PAS
In response to Second Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh (picture), PAS Youth Student Development Department director Ahmad Taufiq ... «The Rakyat Post, Jul 15»
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Ain't misbehavin'? Broadway audience faux pas get spotlight
Nick Silvestri, of Seaford, N.Y., speaks during a news conference July 10 outside the Booth Theatre in New York, where earlier in the month he ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
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Spare us the verbal diarrhoea, says ex-PAS VP
Former PAS vice-president Mahfuz Omar has accused the current party leadership of suffering from "verbal diarrhoea" which was turning off its ... «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»
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Mufti flays PAS for playing homewrecker with GHB
PAS may be taking its Islamic politics too far, as certain party members' calls for breakaway members to honour their oath to divorce their wives ... «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»
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Scare tactics won't work anymore, PAS deputy chief says of The …
PAS leader Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, June 7, 2015. — Picture by Yusof Mat IsaKUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — The federal government is ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
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Four Internet “Faux Pas” That We All Need to Relax About
The following are five examples of exactly those kinds of "Internet faux pas" that should make you stand up and think: maybe we all just need to ... «SlashGear, Jul 15»
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Not impossible for Umno to work with PAS, says party veteran
Umno Kelantan Veterans chairman Datuk Rozali Isohak (centre) with Umno veterans during a protest against the 'Sarawak Report', 'Wall Street ... «The Rakyat Post, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pas [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pas-1>. May 2024 ».
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