• Japanese: 通過 (tsūka)

• Esperanto: koridoro
• Italian: corridoio
• Portuguese: passagem , corredor

See also

rite of passage

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

passage f

1. A paragraph or section of text with particular meaning. ~ of scripture.

French

Etymology

From passer#French + -age

Pronunciation

Noun

fr-noun m

1. The act of going through a place or event.
2. The time when such an act occurs.
3. Circulation, traffic, movement.
4. Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian.
5. A short stay.
6. A trip or travel, especially by boat.
7. The act of going from a state to another.
8. Graduation from a school year.
9. The act of making something undergo a process.
10. the act of handing something to someone.
11. An access way.
12. A laid out way allowing to go across something.
13. An alley or alleyway off-limits to cars.
14. A paragraph or section of text or music.

Derived terms

• de passage
• passage à vide
• passage à tabac
• passage à l'acte
• passage à niveau
• passage clouté

Passage may refer to:

In music:

• Section (music), a complete musical idea
• Period (music), about 8 measures
• Phrase (music), about 4 to 8 measures
• Passage (Carpenters album), an album by American brother/sister duo The Carpenters
• Passage (Samael album), an album by Swiss band Samael
• Passage (Bloodrock album), an album by the Texan hard rock band
• The Passage (band), a punk rock band from the UK
• Passages, an album by Philip Glass

In other meanings:

• Passage of scripture (see Pericope), a selection of verses from a book of the Bible
• Passage (architecture), a long room or hall leading to other rooms
• Passage (dressage) a horse's high-legged trot
• Passage Island (disambiguation)
• A narrow street with walls or buildings on both sides
• Strait, a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water
• Passage (novel), a science fiction novel by Connie Willis
• The Passage, an upscale department store in Saint Petersburg, Russia
• The Passage (Battlestar Galactica), an episode of the science fiction television series
• The Passage (film), a 1979 film starring James Mason and Malcolm McDowell
• The Passage (2007 film), a film by Mark Heller
• Passage (2008 film), a documentary about Arctic explorers
• The Passage (album), a 2004 album by steelpan player Andy Narell
• Passage (game), a computer game
• In legislative procedure, an official agreement of a bill or act by a parliament
• Passage West, a town in County Cork, Ireland

See also

• Corridor
• Le Passage
• Passaging, in cell culture

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