pas

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Meaning

1. step, pace, footstep
2. strait, pass
3. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pa/

Inherited from Latin

passus

Cognate with Latin

nec… passum

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Sentences

Ce gouvernement ne
🚫

sait pas où il
👨

va .

This government doesn't know where it's going.

Elle
👩

, ne
🚫

comprenait toujours pas les refus de son
🔉

amie .

She still did not understand her friend's refusals.

Cependant , le Comte ne
🚫

désespère pas de ramener son
🔉

cerveau
🧠

à la vie .

However, the Count does not despair of bringing his brain back to life.

L'absence de réponse ne
🚫

retire pas de point .

The absence of a response does not remove a point.

Ah ! nous sommes dans des draps qui ne
🚫

sont pas blanchis depuis un an .

Ah! we are in sheets that have not been bleached for a year.

L'intendance ne
🚫

trouve pas mes pots-de-vin assez forts .

Stewardship doesn't find my bribes strong enough.

La littérature sérieuse l’ennuie, dit-on ; il
👨

ne
🚫

la comprend pas .

Serious literature bores him, it is said; he does not understand it.

Le pas variable est contrôlé par un système hydraulique .

The variable pitch is controlled by a hydraulic system.

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