passie

Dutch

Etymology

Via French, from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“I suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *pe(i)- (“to hurt”), see also Old English feond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌽 (faian, “to blame”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pas‧sie

Noun

passie f (plural passies, diminutive passietje n)

  1. passion

Synonyms

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