a dance step or movement, esp in ballet
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pas
(pä),USA pronunciation n., pl. pas.
- Foreign Termsa step or series of steps in ballet.
- Foreign Termsright of precedence.
- Latin passus. See pace1
- French
- 1695–1705
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'pas' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Atakapa
- Brel
- Danish pastry
- Dover
- Drake Passage
- French pastry
- Giraudoux
- Hunkpapa
- Maricopa
- Mona Passage
- Nord-Pas-de-Calais
- Northeast Passage
- Northwest Passage
- Pas-de-Calais
- Paz
- Sherpa
- adagio
- air passage
- antepast
- antipasto
- apace
- arras
- bird of passage
- break
- bridge passage
- chalupa
- chopa
- chou pastry
- clanger
- coda
- common
- danseur noble
- deck passage
- diapason
- faux pas
- gaffe
- grand passion
- great pastern bone
- kipa
- middle passage
- misstep
- pace
- pachuco
- palapa
- pampas grass
- pan
- pan-
- panto
- panto-
- parsnip