/pa say"/ ; for 4 also Fr. /pah say"/ , adj., n., pl. passés /pa sayz"/ ; Fr. /pah say"/ .
adj.
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 no longer fashionable, in wide use, etc.; out-of-date; outmoded: There were many photographs of passé fashions.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.
n.
4. Ballet. a movement in which one leg passes behind or in front of the other.
[ 1765-75; passer to PASS ]
Syn. 1. old-fashioned, démodé, quaint.