passement de jambe
French, noun/pas.mɑ̃ d(ə) ʒɑ̃b/
passement de jambe is spelled P-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T-D-E-J-A-M-B-E (16 letters). Passement de jambe is a French masculine noun meaning “step over, pedalada (a dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dribble consistant à troubler l’adversaire en décrivant un cercle autour du ballon avec le pied mais sans le…”.
What does passement de jambe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestep over, pedalada (a dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, is going to move in a direction he does not intend to move in)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dribble consistant à troubler l’adversaire en décrivant un cercle autour du ballon avec le pied mais sans le toucher.
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 de jambe
- passements de jambe plural
- passement de jambes
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passement de jambe?
- /pas.mɑ̃ d(ə) ʒɑ̃b/
- \pas.mɑ̃ də ʒɑ̃b\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.