Meanings
nounpassepied (plural passepieds)
plural passepieds
- A courtly dance, in triple time, from 17th-century France; a faster form of the minuet.
Synonyms: passing measure, passymeasure
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA courtly dance, in triple time, from 17th-century France; a faster form of the minuet.
Similar
passing measurepassymeasure
Origin
- Frenchpassepied
- Englishpassepied
Borrowed from French passepied.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French passepied
- passepieddance
German Passepied
- Passepieddance
Russian паспье́
- паспье́ (paspʹjé)dance
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with passepied
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
passepied. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passepied
MLA
“passepied.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passepied. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “passepied,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passepied.
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