passement
French, noun/pas.mɑ̃/
passement is spelled P-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passement is a French masculine noun meaning “passement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de passer”.
What does passement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepassement
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. 2. Tissu plat et un peu large, de fil d’or, de soie, de laine, etc., qu’on met pour ornement sur des vêtements, sur des meubles.
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 passement
- passements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passement?
- /pas.mɑ̃/
- /pɑs.mɑ̃/
- \pas.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is passement in French?
passement appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).