"pluperfect tense" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pluperfect tenses [plural]
Etymology: From Latin plus (“more”) + perfectus (“perfect”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{compound|la|plus|perfectus|gloss1=more|gloss2=perfect|nocat=1}} plus (“more”) + perfectus (“perfect”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pluperfect tense (plural pluperfect tenses)
  1. (grammar, of a verb) Tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb. Categories (topical): Grammar, Tenses Synonyms: past perfect progressive, past perfect, past perfect tense Translations (tense): ὑπερσυντέλικος (hupersuntélikos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ми́нало предвари́телно вре́ме (mínalo predvarítelno vréme) [neuter] (Bulgarian), плусквамперфе́кт (pluskvamperfékt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), plusquamperfet [masculine] (Catalan), 過去完成時 (Chinese Mandarin), 过去完成时 (guòqù wánchéngshí, guòqù wánchéng shí) (Chinese Mandarin), plusquamperfektum [neuter] (Czech), voltooid verleden tijd [masculine] (Dutch), plusquamperfectum [neuter] (Dutch), pluskvamperfekto (Esperanto), táliðin tíð [feminine] (Faroese), pluskvamperfekti (Finnish), plus-que-parfait [masculine] (French), Plusquamperfekt [neuter] (German), Vorvergangenheit [feminine] (German), vollendete Vergangenheit [feminine] (German), υπερσυντέλικος (ypersyntélikos) [masculine] (Greek), régmúlt (Hungarian), plusquamperfekto (Ido), trapassato prossimo [masculine] (Italian), 大過去 (daikako) (alt: だいかこ) (Japanese), 과거완료 (gwageowallyo) (Korean), plusquamperfectum [neuter] (Latin), плусквамперфект (pluskvamperfekt) [masculine] (Macedonian), pluskvamperfektum [masculine] (Norwegian), ماضی بعید (mâzi-e ba'id) (Persian), czas zaprzeszły [masculine] (Polish), pretérito mais-que-perfeito (Portuguese), mais-que-perfeito [masculine] (Portuguese), mai mult ca perfect [neuter] (Romanian), давнопроше́дшее вре́мя (davnoprošédšeje vrémja) [neuter] (Russian), предпроше́дшее вре́мя (predprošédšeje vrémja) [neuter] (Russian), плюсквамперфе́кт (pljuskvamperfékt) [masculine] (Russian), плусквампѐрфект [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), плусквампѐрфекат [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), давно прошло време [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), pluskvampèrfekt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pluscuamperfecto [masculine] (Spanish), pluskvamperfekt [neuter] (Swedish), pluskvamperfektum [neuter] (Swedish), давномину́лий час (davnomynúlyj čas) [masculine] (Ukrainian), плюсквамперфе́кт (pljuskvamperfékt) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "mâzi-e ba'id",
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "past perfect progressive"
    },
    {
      "word": "past perfect"
    },
    {
      "word": "past perfect tense"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mínalo predvarítelno vréme",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ми́нало предвари́телно вре́ме"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pluskvamperfékt",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плусквамперфе́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plusquamperfet"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tense",
      "word": "過去完成時"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guòqù wánchéngshí, guòqù wánchéng shí",
      "sense": "tense",
      "word": "过去完成时"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "plusquamperfektum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voltooid verleden tijd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "plusquamperfectum"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "tense",
      "word": "pluskvamperfekto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "táliðin tíð"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tense",
      "word": "pluskvamperfekti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plus-que-parfait"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Plusquamperfekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorvergangenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vollendete Vergangenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypersyntélikos",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "υπερσυντέλικος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hupersuntélikos",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ὑπερσυντέλικος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tense",
      "word": "régmúlt"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "tense",
      "word": "plusquamperfekto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trapassato prossimo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "だいかこ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daikako",
      "sense": "tense",
      "word": "大過去"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwageowallyo",
      "sense": "tense",
      "word": "과거완료"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "plusquamperfectum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pluskvamperfekt",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плусквамперфект"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pluskvamperfektum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mâzi-e ba'id",
      "sense": "tense",
      "word": "ماضی بعید"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "czas zaprzeszły"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tense",
      "word": "pretérito mais-que-perfeito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mais-que-perfeito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mai mult ca perfect"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "davnoprošédšeje vrémja",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "давнопроше́дшее вре́мя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predprošédšeje vrémja",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "предпроше́дшее вре́мя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pljuskvamperfékt",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плюсквамперфе́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плусквампѐрфект"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плусквампѐрфекат"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "давно прошло време"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pluskvampèrfekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pluscuamperfecto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pluskvamperfekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pluskvamperfektum"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "davnomynúlyj čas",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "давномину́лий час"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pljuskvamperfékt",
      "sense": "tense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плюсквамперфе́кт"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pluperfect tense"
}

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