how to pronounce passage

/pɑ.saʒ/

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passage is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of passage in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… contre du coup ce passage de loi et qui …”

meanings of passage

noun:

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

verb:

First-person singular present indicative of passager.
Third-person singular present indicative of passager.
Third-person singular present subjunctive of passager.
Second-person singular imperative of passager.
First-person singular present subjunctive of passager.

passage frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word passage occurs in french on average 133.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.