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passage

French, noun/pa.saʒ/

passage is a French masculine noun meaning “the act of going through a place or event” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of passager. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de passer”.

What does passage mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinethe act of going through a place or event

  2. 2

    masculinethe time when such an act occurs

  3. 3

    masculineCirculation, traffic, movement

  4. 4

    masculineMoment when a star or planet occults another, or crosses a meridian

  5. 5

    masculinea short stay

  6. 6

    masculinea trip or travel, especially by boat

  7. 7

    masculinethe act of going from one state to another

  8. 8

    masculinegraduation from a school year

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

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. Cette action en parlant des animaux migrateurs. 3. Cette action en parlant des liquides et des gaz. 4. Interposition d’un astre entre l’œil d’un observateur et d’autres corps célestes : transit.

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 passage

  • passages plural
  • passège

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce passage?

  • /pa.saʒ/
  • /pɑ.saʒ/
  • \pɑ.saʒ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to passage

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is passage in French?

passage appears 112 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).