Polyglot Dictionary

Passant

/paˈsant/

der noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Passanten

Meaning

  1. passer-by

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Fußgänger

A Passant (loanword, from French) is simply someone passing by a place — no contrast with drivers or cyclists implied. Fußgänger specifically means a person travelling on foot, as opposed to by car or bicycle — the word road signs and traffic law actually use.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

transeúnte

transeúnte is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "passer-by."

Practice

1 What does Passant mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ein ___ half ihr.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Passant?

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