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Oh yes, technique has definitely advanced. But you never advance without losing something en passant, and you lose it because you're paying so much attention to the new thing.
Ninette de Valois

Meaning of "passant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PASSANT

From Old French, present participle of passer to pass.
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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 PASSANT

passant  [ˈpæsənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PASSANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Passant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PASSANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Passant

Passant may refer to: ▪ In heraldry, an attitude. ▪ The en passant chess move of a pawn...

Definition of passant in the English dictionary

The definition of passant in the dictionary is walking, with the right foreleg raised.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PASSANT


absent
ˈæbsənt
accent
ˈæksənt
adjacent
əˈdʒeɪsənt
adolescent
ˌædəˈlɛsənt
crescent
ˈkrɛsənt
decent
ˈdiːsənt
fluorescent
ˌflʊəˈrɛsənt
incandescent
ˌɪnkænˈdɛsənt
indecent
ɪnˈdiːsənt
innocent
ˈɪnəsənt
lucent
ˈluːsənt
magnificent
mæɡˈnɪfɪsənt
maleficent
məˈlɛfɪsənt
nascent
ˈnæsənt
puissant
ˈpjuːɪsənt
recent
ˈriːsənt
reminiscent
ˌrɛmɪˈnɪsənt
renascent
rɪˈnæsənt
translucent
trænzˈluːsənt
Vincent
ˈvɪnsənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PASSANT

passable
passableness
passably
passacaglia
passade
passado
passage
passage hawk
passage work
passager hawk
passageway
passalong
Passamaquoddy Bay
passament
passamezzo
passata
passbook
Passchendaele
passe-partout
passee

WORDS THAT END LIKE PASSANT

antidepressant
appetite depressant
confessant
croissant
depressant
discussant
en passant
immunodepressant
immunosuppressant
impuissant
incessant
introgressant
jessant
Maupassant
naissant
Ouessant
percussant
pissant
pleasant
suppressant

Synonyms and antonyms of passant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «passant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PASSANT

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

Translator English - Chinese

顺便
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

passant
570 millions of speakers

English

passant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Passant
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بسنت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Passant
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

passant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাসান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

passant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penumpang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

passant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パッサン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

옆모습
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Passant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

passant
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

passant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रवासी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

passant
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

passant
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

passant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Passant
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

passant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρόδω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gaande
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

passant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

passant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of passant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSANT»

The term «passant» is very widely used and occupies the 18.164 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «passant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «passant» 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 passant

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QUOTES WITH «PASSANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word passant.
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Ninette de Valois
Oh yes, technique has definitely advanced. But you never advance without losing something en passant, and you lose it because you're paying so much attention to the new thing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASSANT»

Discover the use of passant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to passant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Poetics en Passant: Redefining the Relationship Between ...
Poetics en passant presents a “cross-channel” poetics that redefines the relationship between “Victorian” and “modern” poetry by understanding Christina Rossetti’s poetics of “stealth” as an important counterpart to ...
Anne Jamison, 2009
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George Passant
In the first of the Strangers and Brothers series Lewis Eliot tells the story of George Passant, a Midland solicitor's managing clerk and idealist who tries to bring freedom to a group of people in the years 1925 to 1933.
C. P. Snow, 2000
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En passant
Four individual sections are interwoven to create a rich textual body of haunting, sharp and very sexual poetry for the senses.Listen for what 'rustles' in Ross's poetry - the creatures of the emotions: precarious, secret, burning, lethal, ...
Zan Ross, 2003
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Principles of Medical Physiology
Synapse en passant in smooth muscle Unlike the motor endplate of a skeletal muscle fiber, smooth muscles do not show any specialization at their site of contact with the axon. Moreover, the axon innervating smooth muscle does not end at ...
Sabyasachi Sircar, 2008
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The Social Semantic Web
The book is intended for computer science professionals, researchers, and graduates interested in understanding the technologies and research issues involved in applying Semantic Web technologies to social software.
John G Breslin, Alexandre Passant, Stefan Decker, 2009
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A Complete Guide to Heraldry
Doubtless all can be traced to the " so-called " arms of the " Cinque Ports," which show three lions passant guardant dimidiated with the hulks of three ships. There can be no doubt whatever that this originally came from the dimidiation of two ...
Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, 2007
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Display of Heraldry
A lion rampant guardant is rather an unusual bearing, but lions passant guardant are very frequently seen in armory. Reguardani, is having the head turned backward, which implies calling his followers whilst he proceeds to the combat.
William Newton, 1846
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Elven's Heraldry
Lovain, on achapeau, gu., lined erm., a lion passant, az., tail extended, pi. 7, n. 8. Lovayne and Loveyne, a cross croslet fitchee, or. pi. 89, n. 21. Love, Northamp., a demi-greyhound, it;'., collared and lined, sit., (the end of the line coiled.) pi.
John Peter Elven, Henry Washbourn, 1851
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Hall marks on gold & silver plate: illustrated with revised ...
'2. Standard. Lion passant Lion passant Britannia Leopard's head | Lion passant Leopard's head Lion passant Lion's head erased Britannia Leopard's head Lion passant Leopard's head Lion passant Lion's head erase 1 Britannia Gold 22 It..
William Chaffers, Christopher Alexander Markham, 1905
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Development of Neural Circuitry
Nonetheless, another class of synapses, en passant synapses, provides a way of developmentally differentiating between short‐range guidance events, such as synaptic targeting, and bona fide synapse formation. Unlike terminal button ...
‎2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASSANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term passant is used in the context of the following news items.
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New route for third cycle ride
Jacqui Sage Passant, organiser of the rider, said: “It is great to support soldiers who have served in the past and who are currently serving. «Leighton Buzzard Today, Jul 15»
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IN FOCUS -“ POLITICIANS AND DIAPERS SHOULD BE CHANGED …
... the Royal Standards of King Sri Wickrama Raja Sinha depicting a yellow Lion passant holding a sword in its right paw on a red background, ... «Lankaweb, Jul 15»
3
Si le Québec avait dit Oui : retour sur Confessions post-référendaires
... Rae en passant par Mario Dumont et Daniel Johnson et tant d'autres) pour comprendre ce qu'ils avaient prévu faire si le Oui l'avait emporté. «Le Journal de Montréal, Jul 15»
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Robert Jackson : "La construction d'institutions démocratiques est la …
... la Chine est devenu le principal partenaire commercial de l'Afrique, passant devant les États-Unis. N'est-ce pas un échec de sa présidence ? «Jeune Afrique, Jul 15»
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Des robots testés avant d'être envoyés vers l'insondable planète …
... l'arrivée des astronautes jusqu'aux rovers envoyés sur des planètes lointaines pour y récolter des informations en passant par l'impression ... «Humanoides.fr, Jul 15»
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La solution Bluetooth® Smart ultra-mince de CSR alimente une …
... à mesure que les développeurs rendent tous les objets connectés, des téléphones mobiles aux montres en passant par les cartes à puce. «SYS-CON Media, Jul 15»
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L'explication de texte de Bernard Cazeneuve à Christian Estrosi
Il compare les chiffres du 1er semestre 2015 à ceux du 1er semestre 2014: "les faits constatés de la délinquance ont diminué de 15% passant ... «Nice-Matin, Jul 15»
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Chers touristes, cessez de prendre des égoportraits avec des bisons …
Un passant l'a avertie qu'elle était trop près, mais il était déjà trop tard. Le bison a foncé vers elle, utilisant sa tête pour la soulever dans les airs ... «Le Huffington Post Quebec, Jul 15»
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Microsoft en pleine mutation
... il affronte de plein fouet l'arrivée du cloud, cette informatique délocalisée qui change le modèle économique du logiciel, passant de la vente ... «Les Échos, Jul 15»
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Comment Bachar el-Assad espère profiter du retour en grâce de l'Iran
... l'Etat islamique, qui l'ont acculé à une position défensive sur une bande, dans l'ouest du pays, allant d'Alep à Deraa, en passant par Homs et ... «Le Temps, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Passant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/passant>. Apr 2024 ».
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