passepartout
French, noun/pas.paʁ.tu/
passepartout is spelled P-A-S-S-E-P-A-R-T-O-U-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passepartout is a French masculine noun meaning “post-1990 spelling of passe-partout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Clé pouvant ouvrir différentes serrures, passe. → voir rossignol”.
What does passepartout mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepost-1990 spelling of passe-partout
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Clé pouvant ouvrir différentes serrures, passe. → voir rossignol 2. Planche gravée dans laquelle on a réservé une ouverture pour y placer une autre planche gravée exprès, à laquelle la première sert de bordure et d’ornement. 3. Ornement de bois ou de fonte percé au milieu pour recevoir une lettre. 4. Encadrement de carton ou de papier pour un dessin.
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 passepartout
- passepartouts plural
- passe partout
- passe-partout
- passe par-tout
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passepartout?
- /pas.paʁ.tu/
- /pɑs.paʁ.tu/
- \pas.paʁ.tu\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to passepartout
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is passepartout in French?
passepartout appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).