passe

Other forms of passe

comparative

passer·

superlative

passest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about passe

What does passe mean?

passe means "out of fashion".

How many syllables are in passe?

passe has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌpæˈseɪ/.

What is another word for passe?

Close synonyms include antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is passe a common word?

passe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with passe?

9 words rhyme with passe. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.