# passant
## English
### Alternative forms

* passaunt (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English passaunt (c. 1300), from Old French passant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpæsənt/, (hyperforeign) /pəˈsɑnt/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

passant (not comparable)
* (heraldry, of a four-legged animal) Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground. [from 15th c.]
    Coordinate terms: statant, courant
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:He them espying, gan himselfe prepare, / And on his arme addresse his goodly shield / That bore a Lion passant in a golden field.
* (obsolete) Currently in use; in vogue. [17th–19th c.]
** 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.7:Many opinions are passant concerning the basilisk, or little king of serpents, commonly called the cockatrice [...].

#### See also

* en passant

## Catalan
### Etymology

From passar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pəˈsan]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pəˈsant]
* IPA: (Valencia) [paˈsant]

### Adjective

passant m or f (masculine and feminine plural passants)
* passing
* (heraldry) passant

### Noun

passant m or f by sense (plural passants)
* passer-by
    Synonym: transeünt
* tutor
* an assistant to a lawyer or notary; law clerk

### Noun

passant m (plural passants)
* passing (moment something passes)
* a procession of musicians
    Synonyms: passada, cercavila

#### Derived terms

* en passant

### Preposition

passant
* beyond, past
* around (e.g. a corner)
    La botiga és només passant la cantonada.
       The shop is just around the corner

### Verb

passant
* gerund of passar

### Further reading

* “passant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle French passant.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pas‧sant

### Noun

passant m (plural passanten, diminutive passantje n)
* passer-by
    De passanten negeerden de doedelzakspeler voornamelijk, maar sommigen gooiden wat in zijn pet.The passers-by mostly ignored the piper, but some threw something in his cap.
* a traveller in transit who is staying somewhere for a short period of time

#### Synonyms

* voorbijganger

#### Derived terms

* passantenhaven

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French passant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.sɑ̃/ ~ /pɑ.sɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

passant m (plural passants)
* passer-by
** 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXXV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et C$^{ie}$, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:« Arrête, larron ! s’écriait-il ; arrête, félon, bandit, détrousseur de passants ; je te tiens ici, et ton cimeterre ne te sera bon à rien. »"Stop, thief!" cried he; "Stop, traitor, bandit, robber of passers-by; I hold thee here, and thy scimitar will be of no use to thee."
* loop (in belt etc.)

### Adjective

passant (feminine passante, masculine plural passants, feminine plural passantes)
* busy (as in a busy street)
* (heraldry) passant

#### Derived terms

* bande passante

### Participle

passant
* present participle of passer

### Further reading

* “passant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Old French
### Verb

passant
* present participle of passer

#### Descendants

* English: passant

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀧𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* पस्सन्त् (Devanagari script)
* পস্সন্ত্ (Bengali script)
* පස‍්සන‍්ත් (Sinhalese script)
* ပဿန္တ် or ပသ်သၼ်တ် (Burmese script)
* ปสฺสนฺตฺ or ปัสสันต (Thai script)
* ᨷᩔᨶ᩠ᨲ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
* ປສ຺ສນ຺ຕ຺ or ປັສສັນຕ (Lao script)
* បស្សន្ត៑ (Khmer script)
* 𑄛𑄥𑄴𑄥𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄴 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

passant
* present active participle of passati (“to see”)