passant

See also: Passant

English

A lion passant.

Alternative forms

• passaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English passaunt (c. 1300), from Old French passant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæsənt/, (hyperforeign) /pəˈsɑnt/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

passant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, of a four-legged animal) Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground. [from 15th c.]

   Coordinate terms: statant, courant

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     He them espying, gan himselfe prepare, / And on his arme addresse his goodly shield / That bore a Lion passant in a golden field.

2. (obsolete) Currently in use; in vogue. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.7:

     Many opinions are passant concerning the basilisk, or little king of serpents, commonly called the cockatrice [...].

See also

• en passant

Catalan

Etymology

From passar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pəˈsan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pəˈsant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈsant]

Adjective

passant m or f (masculine and feminine plural passants)

1. passing
2. (heraldry) passant

Noun

passant m or f by sense (plural passants)

1. passer-by

   Synonym: transeünt

2. tutor
3. an assistant to a lawyer or notary; law clerk

Noun

passant m (plural passants)

1. passing (moment something passes)
2. a procession of musicians

   Synonyms: passada, cercavila

Derived terms

• en passant

Preposition

passant

1. beyond, past
2. around (e.g. a corner)

   La botiga és només passant la cantonada.

   The shop is just around the corner

Verb

passant

1. gerund of passar

Further reading

• “passant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French passant.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pas‧sant

Noun

passant m (plural passanten, diminutive passantje n)

1. passer-by

   De passanten negeerden de doedelzakspeler voornamelijk, maar sommigen gooiden wat in zijn pet.

   The passers-by mostly ignored the piper, but some threw something in his cap.

2. a traveller in transit who is staying somewhere for a short period of time

Synonyms

• voorbijganger

Derived terms

• passantenhaven

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French passant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.sɑ̃/ ~ /pɑ.sɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

passant m (plural passants)

1. passer-by
   • 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXXV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et C^ie, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:

     « Arrête, larron ! s’écriait-il ; arrête, félon, bandit, détrousseur de passants ; je te tiens ici, et ton cimeterre ne te sera bon à rien. »

     "Stop, thief!" cried he; "Stop, traitor, bandit, robber of passers-by; I hold thee here, and thy scimitar will be of no use to thee."

2. loop (in belt etc.)

Adjective

passant (feminine passante, masculine plural passants, feminine plural passantes)

1. busy (as in a busy street)
2. (heraldry) passant

Derived terms

• bande passante

Participle

passant

1. present participle of passer

Further reading

• “passant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Verb

passant

1. present participle of passer

Descendants

• English: passant

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• पस्सन्त् (Devanagari script)
• পস্সন্ত্ (Bengali script)
• පස‍්සන‍්ත් (Sinhalese script)
• ပဿန္တ် or ပသ်သၼ်တ် (Burmese script)
• ปสฺสนฺตฺ or ปัสสันต (Thai script)
• ᨷᩔᨶ᩠ᨲ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
• ປສ຺ສນ຺ຕ຺ or ປັສສັນຕ (Lao script)
• បស្សន្ត៑ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄴 (Chakma script)

Adjective

passant

1. present active participle of passati (“to see”)

Declension

Declension table of "passant" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	passaṃ or passanto	passanto or passantā
Accusative (second)	passantaṃ	passanto or passante
Instrumental (third)	passatā or passantena	passantehi or passantebhi
Dative (fourth)	passato or passantassa	passataṃ or passantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	passatā or passantasmā or passantamhā or passantā	passantehi or passantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	passato or passantassa	passataṃ or passantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	passati or passantasmiṃ or passantamhi or passante	passantesu
Vocative (calling)	passaṃ or passanta	passanto or passantā

Declension table of "passantī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	passantī	passantiyo or passantī
Accusative (second)	passantiṃ or passantiyaṃ	passantiyo or passantī
Instrumental (third)	passantiyā	passantīhi or passantībhi
Dative (fourth)	passantiyā	passantīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	passantiyā	passantīhi or passantībhi
Genitive (sixth)	passantiyā	passantīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	passantiyā or passantiyaṃ	passantīsu
Vocative (calling)	passanti	passantiyo or passantī

Declension table of "passant" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	passaṃ or passantaṃ	passanti or passantāni
Accusative (second)	passaṃ or passantaṃ	passanti or passantāni
Instrumental (third)	passatā or passantena	passantehi or passantebhi
Dative (fourth)	passato or passantassa	passataṃ or passantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	passatā or passantasmā or passantamhā or passantā	passantehi or passantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	passato or passantassa	passataṃ or passantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	passati or passantasmiṃ or passantamhi or passante	passantesu
Vocative (calling)	passaṃ or passanta	passanti or passantāni