Past - Passé (The 501st Most Common French Word)

The translation for Past in French is Passé. This word often comes up when talking about location & place, time & frequency. It can be used as adjective, preposition. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 501st most common word in French. Tap on the speaker icon to listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Download our app for offline access to all of the 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: past

French: passé

Examples


He spent three months at sea this past year.	L'an dernier, il a passé trois mois à la mer.
There is no future without the past.	Il n'y a pas d'avenir sans passé.
It is possible for us to know what has been achieved in the past, but it is not possible for us to change it. And it is possible for us to change the future, but it is not possible for us to know what will be achieved in it.	Le passé peut être seulement connu, pas changé. Le futur peut être seulement changé, pas connu.
Pleasure is always in the past or in the future, never in the present.	Le plaisir est toujours dans le passé ou dans le futur, mais jamais dans le présent.
I prefer to forget the past.	Je préfère oublier le passé.
What happened belongs to the past.	Ce qui s'est passé appartient au passé.
He's done it in the past.	Il l'a fait dans le passé.
I don't care about your past.	Je n'ai que faire de votre passé.

The past is the past.	Le passé est le passé.
Leave the past behind and go on.	Laissez le passé derrière vous et continuez.
Danger past, God forgotten.	Passé le gué, honni le saint.
He is past forty.	Il a passé la quarantaine.
He walked past the house.	Il est passé devant la maison.
The future is the past in preparation.	L'avenir, c'est du passé en préparation.
You can never plan the future by the past.	On ne peut jamais projeter le futur à partir du passé.
To foresee is to project in the future what one has perceived in the past.	Prévoir consiste à projeter dans l'avenir ce qu'on a perçu dans le passé.
Tom is stuck in the past.	Tom est enfermé dans le passé.
You're living in the past	Tu vis dans le passé.
It took place in the past.	Il s’est déroulé dans le passé.
That's all in the past now.	Tout cela appartient au passé maintenant.
If you ignore the past, you jeopardize the future.	Si vous ignorez le passé, vous mettez l'avenir en péril.