[pa-sey; for 4 also French pah-sey] /pæˈseɪ; for 4 also French pɑˈseɪ/
adjective
1.
no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded:
There were many photographs of passé fashions. I thought hand-cranked pencil sharpeners were passé.
2.
past:
time passé.
3.
past the prime of one's life.
noun, plural passés
[pa-seyz; French pah-sey] /pæˈseɪz; French pɑˈseɪ/ (Show IPA)
4.
Ballet. a movement in which one leg passes behind or in front of the other.
Origin
1765-75; < French, past participle of passer to pass
Synonyms
1. old-fashioned, démodé, quaint.
British Dictionary definitions for passe
passé
/ˈpɑːseɪ; ˈpɑseɪ; French pɑse/
adjective
1.
out-of-date: passé ideas
2.
past the prime; faded: a passé society beauty
Word Origin
C18: from French, past participle of passer to pass
Word Origin and History for passe
adj.
1775, from French passé (fem. passée) "past, faded," past participle of passer "to pass" (see pass (v.)). Originally of a woman past the period of greatest beauty.