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Meaning of "passe-partout" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PASSE-PARTOUT

From French, literally: pass everywhere.
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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 PASSE-PARTOUT

passe-partout  [ˌpæspɑːˈtuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PASSE-PARTOUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Passe-Partout 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 PASSE-PARTOUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of passe-partout in the English dictionary

The first definition of passe-partout in the dictionary is a mounting for a picture in which strips of strong gummed paper are used to bind together the glass, picture, and backing. Other definition of passe-partout is the gummed paper used for this. Passe-Partout is also a mat, often decorated, on which a picture is mounted.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PASSE-PARTOUT


Baotou
ˈbaʊˈtuː
battu
bæˈtuː
battue
bæˈtuː
Ch´eng-tu
ˈtʃɛŋˈtuː
Chengdu
ˈtʃɛŋˈtuː
cockatoo
ˌkɒkəˈtuː
E102
ˌiːwʌnəʊˈtuː
hereto
ˌhɪəˈtuː
hereunto
ˌhɪərʌnˈtuː
hitherto
ˈhɪðəˈtuː
motu
məʊˈtuː
pistou
piːsˈtuː
QE2
ˌkjuːiːˈtuː
sixty-two
ˌsɪkstɪˈtuː
tattoo
tæˈtuː
thereto
ˌðɛəˈtuː
Timbuktu
ˌtɪmbʌkˈtuː
vertu
vɜːˈtuː
virtu
vɜːˈtuː
whereto
wɛəˈtuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PASSE-PARTOUT

passee
passel
passement
passementerie
passenger
passenger car
passenger cell
passenger coach
passenger door
passenger enquiries
passenger ferry
passenger jet
passenger list
passenger mile
passenger pigeon
passenger seat
passenger ship
passenger side
passenger station

WORDS THAT END LIKE PASSE-PARTOUT

computer printout
mangetout
milk stout
printout
putout
shoutout
shutout
stout
surtout
ticket tout
tout
velvet stout

Synonyms and antonyms of passe-partout in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «passe-partout» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PASSE-PARTOUT

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

Translator English - Chinese

过时了, partout
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

passe- partout
570 millions of speakers

English

passe-partout
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सर्व - partout
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

عتيق - PARTOUT
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

паспарту
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

passe-partout
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সর্বখোল চাবি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

passe-partout
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Passe-partout
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Passepartout
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

盛りを過ぎたフォトケース
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

패스포트 투트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Passe-partout
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

passe - partout
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடந்துவிட்டவையாக-partout
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेस-पार्टआउट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paspartu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sopraaffondo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Passe-partout
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

паспарту
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Passpartout
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

passe - partout
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Passe- Partout
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

passepartout
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

passe- partout
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of passe-partout

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSE-PARTOUT»

The term «passe-partout» is regularly used and occupies the 71.432 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PASSE-PARTOUT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASSE-PARTOUT»

Discover the use of passe-partout in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to passe-partout and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Passe Partout 1 Teacher's Book
Passe-Partout is a three stage French course with an accessible step-by-step methodology which provides a supportive and motivating approach, enabling all of your students to succeed.
Daphne Philpot, Judy Somerville, 1999
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Passe-Partout - for Home and School
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition.
Frederick T. Day, 2008
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A French-English Grammar: A Contrastive Grammar on ...
1 .23 1 Passe-partout translations It is sometimes difficult to separate translations by defining semantic subclasses. The pertinent sub-classes, in terms of which formal rules are to be written for the various translations, may not be susceptible of ...
Morris Salkoff, 1999
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Descriptive catalogue of exhibits installed in the New ...
WOMAN'S WRITING AND RECEPTION ROOMS 171. Picture-passe partout-Tent Rocks in Pajarito Park. 172. Picture-passe partout-Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, N. M. 173. Picture-passe partout- Cliff Dwellings in the Rito de Los Frijoles.
‎1915
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Wilson's Photographic Magazine
Mr. W. H. Alexander contributes an interesting and instructive article on the method to Photography, which we reprint below.— ED. W. P. M.] Passe-partout may fairly be regarded as an English word, and its claims are the stronger, as there is ...
‎1908
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Feminist Interpretations of Jacques Derrida
This sort of partitioning of the edges of a system occurs everywhere (se passe- partout) in Kant's Third Critique, according to Derrida, and it accounts for the indecisive nature of Kant's system of formalization. In French, le passepartout refers to ...
Nancy Holland, 2010
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Art and Its Significance: An Anthology of Aesthetic Theory, ...
The emblem for this topos seems undiscoverable; I shall borrow it from the nomenclature of framing: the passe-partout. The passe-partout which here creates an event must not pass for a master key. You will not be able to pass it from hand to ...
Stephen David Ross, 1994
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School Education
Color Studies for School Work Design No. 1 — A Japanese Figure for Telephone Memo Cover. 1 a. Water Color Study. 5 1-4 x 7, each 4c 1 b. Same Design, without telephone,23-4x51-2 for passe-partout, each 4c 1 c. Same as lb on leather ...
‎1906
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Popular Science
LOW- COST FRAMING WITH PASSE PARTOUT This is what you use: glass, cardboard, passe par-tout, paste or glue, cord, possibly a stapler, and the picture and mat. PASSE PARTOUT is an effective and economical way of framing ...
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Round the world in eighty days, tr. by H. Frith
Jules Verne. CHAPTER XVIII. page Iii which Phileas Fogs;, Passe-partout, and Fix severally go each about his own business 118 CHAPTER XIX. Showing how Passe-partout took too great an interest in his Master, and what came of it .
Jules Verne, 1879

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASSE-PARTOUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term passe-partout is used in the context of the following news items.
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Get the Lowdown on Épicerie Fardoche, the Wild New Project From …
"Fardoche was a character from a children's TV show, Passe-Partout, but you also say it's fardoche when you look at a field and it's wild and ... «Eater Montreal, Jul 15»
2
Saldi estivi 2015 gli indispensabili senza tempo
Abito passe-partout. Non è necessariamente il tubino nero, il little black dress suggerito un secolo fa da Coco Chanel. L'importante è che sia ... «Vogue.it, Jul 15»
3
Martin Matte ends Sugar Sammy's reign at Gala Les Olivier
She said it was in part because of the show Passe-Partout that she does comedy in French despite growing up in an anglophone region. «Montreal Gazette, May 15»
4
Death in the Mediterranean
Yes, we – white Europeans of different nationalities who hold passe-partout (masterkey) passports – have gotten used to thousands of ... «CounterPunch, Apr 15»
5
Re-Make/Re-Model
THE SINGULARITY OF Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958)—the passe-partout to unlocking the mystery of cinema's powers to derange—has ... «Artforum, Apr 15»
6
passe-partout dance app by abbott miller of pentagram
passe-partout dance app by abbott miller of pentagram, allows iPad users to create a multi-layered performances using a series of dances, ... «Designboom, Jul 14»
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Gorgeous Pentagram App Lets You Remix New York City Ballet's …
Passe Partout lets you create your own movement piece based on dances ... Passe-Partout, a new app designed by Pentagram partner Abbott ... «Co.Design, Jun 14»
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You're the Choreographer, an iPad's Your Stage
Passe-Partout, the newest dance application by the 2wice Arts Foundation, is its most complex yet. Produced by Patsy Tarr and designed by ... «New York Times, Jun 14»
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Décès du compositeur de Passe-Partout
Pierre F. Brault, compositeur des ritournelles de Passe-Partout avec Michel Robidoux, est décédé mardi à l'âge de 74 ans. Télé-Québec a ... «LaPresse.ca, Jan 14»
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Meet Montreal's gastronomical secret weapon
Returning to Montreal, MacGuire tweaked the dish slightly, and started serving it at his tiny fine-dining spot Le Passe-Partout, which from 1991 ... «The Globe and Mail, Nov 13»

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