pash

C2+ Topic:Register & Style

US /ˈpæʃ/ UK /ˈpæʃ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like pass /s/ vs /ʃ/ Sounds like patch /tʃ/ vs /ʃ/

Meanings

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noun
an infatuation or passionate kiss, chiefly British and Australian slang

She had a brief pash on the new drama teacher.

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Synonyms

1 noun · an infatuation or... crush infatuation kiss snog

Word family

Related forms passion

Etymology

A British and Australian colloquial shortening of passion, used both for an infatuation and (chiefly Australian) for a passionate kiss. Passion derives from Late Latin passio 'suffering', from pati 'to suffer'.

passio Latin pati Latin

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# pash

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpæʃ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpæʃ/

## Meanings
1. an infatuation or passionate kiss, chiefly British and Australian slang

## Examples
- She had a brief pash on the new drama teacher.

## Synonyms
- crush
- infatuation
- kiss
- snog

## Related Forms
- passion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: passio
- Root: pati

## Etymology
A British and Australian colloquial shortening of passion, used both for an infatuation and (chiefly Australian) for a passionate kiss. Passion derives from Late Latin passio 'suffering', from pati 'to suffer'.

## AI Etymology
Pash is a British and Australian colloquial shortening of passion, used both for an infatuation and (chiefly Australian) for a passionate kiss. Passion derives from Late Latin passio 'suffering', from pati 'to suffer'. Important recorded forms include passio (Latin) and pati (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers an infatuation or passionate kiss, chiefly British and Australian slang. The wider family includes related words such as passion.

## Topics
- Register & Style
- General Vocabulary

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