noun, plural pas.
- a step or series of steps in ballet.
- right of precedence.
noun Informal.
- father.
noun plural pas (pɑːz, French pɑ)
- a dance step or movement, esp in ballet
- rare the right to precede; precedence
abbreviation for
- physician-assisted suicide: a practice in which a terminally-ill person requests a medical practitioner to administer a lethal dose of medication
noun
- an informal word for father
noun NZ
- a Māori village or settlement
- history a Māori defensive position and settlement on a hilltop
- go back to the pa to abandon city life in favour of rural life
the internet domain name for
- Panama
the chemical symbol for
- protactinium
symbol for
- pascal
abbreviation for
- Pennsylvania
- personal appearance
- personal assistant
- military Post Adjutant
- power of attorney
- press agent
- Press Association
- banking private account
- public-address system
- publicity agent
- Publishers Association
- purchasing agent
- insurance particular average
- (in New Zealand) probationary assistant
- Panama (international car registration)
n.“a step in dancing,” 1775, from French pas; see pass (n.). Used in forming names for types of dances, e.g. pas de deux (1762). 1804, colloquial shortening of papa (q.v.). abbr.
- para-aminosalicylic acid
- periodic acid-Schiff
- The symbol for the elementprotactinium
abbr.
- physician’s assistant
- posteroanterior
- pulmonary artery
- Abbreviation of pascal
- The symbol for protactinium.