"past anterior" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} past anterior (uncountable)
  1. (grammar) A compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, in function a pluperfect, and in form composed of the conjunction of the simple past tense of an auxiliary verb (avoir, être) with the past participle. Example: Après que la femme et l'homme l'eurent remercié = After the woman and the man had thanked him Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: past perfect Translations (a compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, and Italian): pasau anterior [masculine] (Aragonese), passat anterior [masculine] (Catalan), pretèrit anterior [masculine] (Catalan), passé antérieur [masculine] (French), trapassato remoto [masculine] (Italian), passado anterior [masculine] (Portuguese), прошедшее отдалённое (prošedšeje otdaljónnoje) [neuter] (Russian), pretérito anterior [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-past_anterior-en-noun-qwaf1aCO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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