Definitions for passant

passant pas·sant

Spelling: [pas-uh nt]
IPA: /ˈpæs ənt/

Passant is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in passant (aanpsst).

Definitions for passant

adjective

  1. (of a beast) represented as in the act of walking, with one forepaw raised.

Origin of passant

1375-1425; late Middle English Middle French, present participle of passer to pass; see -ant

Examples for passant

So the exclamation of the highwayman, Seigneur passant, &c., must be a translation of Señor passagero.

The griffin is rarely borne in other than two positions, viz., passant and segreant.

passant oultre—one of Rabelais' favourite and most polymorphic expressions.

Me, passant, in the train, of the cabbage not quite so unconscious.

It shows, with 'passant' just before that his own reference to heraldry was still floating in King's mind.

passant Guardant: as before, but looking out from the Shield, No. 174.

passant ce plus petit lac, on entre dans la seconde mer douce, sur les riues de laquelle sont les Maroumine.

The dozen white louses do become an old coat well; it agrees well, passant; it is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love.

Coward: passant reguardant, his tail between his legs, No. 182.

Rampant or passant, they follow the customs of the unmaimed brute.

Word Value for passant
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

Similar words for passant
Word of the day