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the past (time, what has already happened)
outdated; old-fashioned
Ton style est un peu passé, non ?
Your style is a bit outdated, isn't it?
gone off; spoiled (food)
Fais attention, le lait est passé.
Be careful, the milk has gone off.
past participle of 'passer' (used in compound tenses)
Il est passé hier.
He passed by yesterday.
Notes
GENERAL INFO
Passé is: a masculine noun "the past" (*le passé*); an adjective "past" or "last" (*l'année passée*); and the past participle of *passer* (to pass, to spend time).
USAGE
As a noun: *oublier le passé* (forget the past).
As an adjective: *la semaine passée* (last week).
As a participle with *avoir*: *J'ai passé l'examen* (I took the exam). With *être*, it means "went by."
TRAPS
Adjective passé agrees with its noun (*les années passées*).
When *passer* uses *être* in compound tenses, its participle also agrees: *Elles sont passées*.