pour passer le temps
/pʊə ˌpaseɪ lə ˈtɒ̃/ /pɔː ˌpaseɪ lə ˈtɒ̃/noun
In order to pass the time; in order to amuse oneself.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Otway (1652–1685), playwright and poet. From French pour passer le temps from pour for, in order to + passer + le masculine definite article + temps time.
- lettrism
- lettrisme
- lettrist
- plainant
- plain as day
- plain-back
- plain-backs
- plain bearing
- Plain Bob
- plain card
- plainchant
- plain chocolate
- plain-clothed
- plain clothes
- plainclothesman
- plain cook
- plain cookery
- plain cooking
- Plain Cree
- plain dealer
- plain dealing
- plain edge
- plain English
- Plainfield
- plain flour