passer

French

verb

Definitions

to go past
to cross (a border)
(legal) to pass
to spend (time)
to publish (a newspaper)
(transitive) to take, to sit (an exam or test)
(intransitive) to pass (an exam or test)
(dated) (transitive) to pass (an exam or test)
(public transportation) to run
to exceed (a limit)
to percolate
to hand down, to pass on
to be allowed
(intransitive) to pass, to go (between two entities)
(transitive) to show a movie
to go up a grade
to shift (change gear)
to stop by, to pop in
to pass away, to die
(music) to spin (e.g. a disk)
(TV) to show (be on television)
(sports) to pass kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player
(athletics) to pass (the relay baton)
to pass on (infect someone else with a disease)
(transitive) to put, to place, to slip move a part of one's body somewhere else
to wipe, rub
to skip a go
to put make something undergo something
(card games) to pass not play upon one's turn
(reflexive) to take place, to happen, to come to pass.
(reflexive) to go by
(reflexive) to do without
to don

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French passer inherited from Old French passer (walk, step, pass) inherited from Latin *passo, *passāre, *passō, passus (a step, step, pace, track, footstep, dried).

Origin

Latin

passus

Gloss

a step, step, pace, track, footstep, dried

Concept

Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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