pour passer le tempsphr.

Brit.

/pʊə ˌpaseɪ lə ˈtɒ̃/,

/pɔː ˌpaseɪ lə ˈtɒ̃/, U.S.

/pʊr ˌpɑseɪ lə ˈtɔm(p)/,

/pʊr ˌpɑseɪ lə ˈtɑm(p)/

Forms: 1600s pour posser le temps (irregular), 1700s pour passer le tems, 1700s– pour passer le temps.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pour passer le temps.

Etymology: < French pour passer le temps (1515 or earlier in Middle French) < pour for, in order to (see pur- prefix) + passer pass v. + le masculine definite article + temps time (compare temps n.).With the form pour passer le tems compare French †tems, variant of temps.

In order to pass the time; in order to amuse oneself.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > unoccupied [phrase] > to pass the time

pour passer le temps1681

1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune i. i. 3 Some little inconsiderable questions pour posser [sic] le temps.

1765 Hist. Miss Indiana Danby I. xix. 136 Those ladies are very well ‘pour passer le temps;’ but, when the grave crotchet Matrimony gets into the head, then the sober woman..comes in play.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xxx Although he admitted he read them pour passer le temps, yet..it was not without execrating the tendency.

1889 E. Dowson Let. 1 Apr. (1967) 59 I still scribble occasionally—pour passer le temps, and devote most of my leisure to the French Renaissance.

1932 Nevada State Jrnl. 9 Jan. 4/2 Miss Lee..handed me a copy of it to read, ‘pour passer le temps’.

1976 M. Birmingham Heat of Sun ix. 158 Cynthia asked if she could go too: ‘Pour passer le temps,’ she said... ‘I love riding in cars at night.’

1996 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 25 Apr. a3/3 A party of gentlemen amateurs playing at working ‘pour passer le temps’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pour passer le temps
释义	pour passer le tempsphr. Brit. /pʊə ˌpaseɪ lə ˈtɒ̃/, /pɔː ˌpaseɪ lə ˈtɒ̃/, U.S. /pʊr ˌpɑseɪ lə ˈtɔm(p)/, /pʊr ˌpɑseɪ lə ˈtɑm(p)/ Forms: 1600s pour posser le temps (irregular), 1700s pour passer le tems, 1700s– pour passer le temps. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pour passer le temps. Etymology: < French pour passer le temps (1515 or earlier in Middle French) < pour for, in order to (see pur- prefix) + passer pass v. + le masculine definite article + temps time (compare temps n.).With the form pour passer le tems compare French †tems, variant of temps. In order to pass the time; in order to amuse oneself. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > unoccupied [phrase] > to pass the time pour passer le temps1681 1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune i. i. 3 Some little inconsiderable questions pour posser [sic] le temps. 1765 Hist. Miss Indiana Danby I. xix. 136 Those ladies are very well ‘pour passer le temps;’ but, when the grave crotchet Matrimony gets into the head, then the sober woman..comes in play. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xxx Although he admitted he read them pour passer le temps, yet..it was not without execrating the tendency. 1889 E. Dowson Let. 1 Apr. (1967) 59 I still scribble occasionally—pour passer le temps, and devote most of my leisure to the French Renaissance. 1932 Nevada State Jrnl. 9 Jan. 4/2 Miss Lee..handed me a copy of it to read, ‘pour passer le temps’. 1976 M. Birmingham Heat of Sun ix. 158 Cynthia asked if she could go too: ‘Pour passer le temps,’ she said... ‘I love riding in cars at night.’ 1996 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 25 Apr. a3/3 A party of gentlemen amateurs playing at working ‘pour passer le temps’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < phr.1681
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