n.
Pronunciation: ˌ pä-s ə - ' käl-y ə , ˌ pa-s ə - ' kal-y ə
Function: noun
Etymology: modification of Spanish pasacalle, from pasar to passive + calle street, from Latin callis path ― more at PASE
Date: 1659
1 a : an old Italian or Spanish dance tune b : an instrumental musical composition consisting of variations usually on a ground bass in moderately slow triple time
2 : an old dance performed to a passacaglia