English

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Pronunciation
IPA|/�pæsɪʤ/
audio|en-us-passage.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.

#: passage of scripture
#:She struggled to play the difficult passages.

1. <!--DefA-->Part of a path or journey.

#:He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.

1. <!--DefC-->A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot
2. An official agreement of a bill or act by a parliament.

#: The company was one of the prime movers in lobbying for the passage of the act.

1. <!--DefD-->An artistic term describing use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
2. Shortened form of passageway
3. slang|lang=en a vagina

Translations
<!--DefA-->section of text or music

Finnish: kappale, jae (numbered section of text)
German: Passus m
mid
Portuguese: passagem f
Russian: па��аж

<!--DefB-->part of a journey

Finnish: kulku, taival, taipale
German: Passage f
mid
Portuguese: passagem f
Russian: па��аж

trans-top|an official agreement of a bill or act
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (tsūka)
trans-bottom

<!--DefE-->shortened form of passageway

Esperanto: koridoro
mid
Italian: corridoio m
Portuguese: passagem f, corredor m

See also
rite of passage

Dutch

Noun
passage f

1. <!--DefA-->A paragraph or section of text with particular meaning. ~ of scripture.

Category:Dutch nouns

French

Etymology
From term|passer#French|passer + term|-age

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. The act of going through a place or event.
2. The time when such an act occurs.
3. uncountable Circulation, traffic, movement.
4. astronomy|lang=fr Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian.
5. A short stay.
6. A trip or travel, especially by boat.
7. The act of going from a state to another.
8. Graduation from a school year.
9. The act of making something undergo a process.
10. the act of handing something to someone.
11. An access way.
12. A laid out way allowing to go across something.
13. An alley or alleyway off-limits to cars.
14. A paragraph or section of text or music.

Derived terms
de passage
passage à vide
passage à tabac
passage à l'acte
passage à niveau
passage clouté

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