passe-temps
/ˌpasˈtɒ̃/Now rare
noun
= pastime.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Nicholas Udall (1504–1556), schoolmaster and playwright. From Middle French, French passetemps from passe- + temps time.
- statement form
- statement of affairs
- statement of claim
- statemonger
- Staten Island
- state occasion
- state of affairs (or things)
- state of emergency
- state of grace
- state of life
- state of matter
- state of play
- state of the art
- State of the City
- State of the Nation
- State of the State
- State of the Union
- state of things
- state of war
- state opening
- state-oriented
- state-owned
- state-owned enterprise
- state paper
- State Paper Office