passée
French, verb/pa.se/
passée is spelled P-A-S-S-É-E (6 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written French, the 2,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passée is a French feminine verb meaning “feminine singular of passé” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does passée mean in English?
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of passé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de passer. Passage 2. Moment du soir où les bécasses se lèvent du bois pour se diriger vers les champs. 3. Grand filet pour prendre les bécasses. 4. Trace laissée, en passant, par certaines bêtes fauves, le cerf, le daim, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of passée
- passées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passée?
- /pa.se/
- /pɑ.se/
- \pa.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to passée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is passée in French?
passée appears 34 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).