different between forepaw vs passant

English

Etymology

fore- +? paw

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??(?)p??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??p?/, /?f??p?/

Noun

forepaw (plural forepaws)

1. Either of the paws of an animal's foreleg, homologous to the hand in humans.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• passaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman passant, Middle French passant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæs?nt/, (hyperforeign) /p??s?nt/

Adjective

passant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, of a four-legged animal) Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground. [from 15th c.]
2. (obsolete) Currently in use; in vogue. [17th-19th c.]
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.7:

     Many opinions are passant concerning the basilisk, or little king of serpents, commonly called the cockatrice [...].

See also

• en passant

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /p??sant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p??san/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pa?sant/

Verb

passant

1. present participle of passar

Preposition

passant

1. beyond, past
2. around (e.g. a corner)

   La botiga és només passant la cantonada.

   The shop is just around the corner.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French passant.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pas?sant

Noun

passant m (plural passanten, diminutive passantje n)

1. passer-by

   De passanten negeerden de doedelzakspeler voornamelijk, maar sommigen gooiden wat in zijn pet.

   The passers-by mostly ignored the piper, but some threw something in his cap.

2. a traveller in transit who is staying somewhere for a short period of time

Synonyms

• voorbijganger

Derived terms

• passantenhaven

French

Etymology

First attested in Old French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?.s??/, /pa.s??/

Noun

passant m (plural passants)

1. passer-by
2. loop (in belt etc.)

Adjective

passant (feminine singular passante, masculine plural passants, feminine plural passantes)

1. busy (as in a busy street)
2. (heraldry) passant

Derived terms

• bande passante

Verb

passant

1. present participle of passer

Further reading

• “passant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

passant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of pass?

Old French

Verb

passant

1. present participle of passer

Descendants

• English: passant

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

passant

1. present active participle of passati (“to see”)

Declension