passé
/pæˈseɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.34 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Mary felt annoyed at the girl; just because bras had become passé, did a girl with so pronounced a bosom have to cater to fashion? In this case practicality dictated a bra, and Mary stood at the desk feeling herself flushing with disapproval."
- "I never thought you'd be a junkie, because heroin is so passé."
- "We'll paint the town blue 'cause, baby, red is so passé."
- "It is perhaps inevitable that a movement that was the height of fashion in the last decade would start to seem passé in this one. That’s how style works; the young and innovative distinguish themselves by breaking with the conventions of their predecessors."
- "Then, like side fringes, Smirnoff Ice and tights under denim shorts, smoking was suddenly passé – distasteful, even gross."
- "The coaching stock is in general in a very passé condition, but the ex-royal saloon, though needing a coat of paint outside, as another photograph shows, is spotless inside."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: passé
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pæˈseɪ/
- British English: /ˈpæ.seɪ/