"parfait" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /paʁ.fɛ/ Audio: Fr-parfait.ogg Forms: parfaite [feminine], parfaits [masculine, plural], parfaites [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Calque of Latin perfectus based on French par- + fait, inherited from Latin per- and factus respectively. Etymology templates: {{clq|fr|la|perfectus}} Calque of Latin perfectus, {{m|fr|par-}} par-, {{m|fr|fait}} fait, {{m|la|per-}} per-, {{m|la|factus}} factus Head templates: {{fr-adj}} parfait (feminine parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)
  1. perfect (exactly right) Derived forms: accord parfait, bouquet parfait, carré parfait, nul n’est parfait, parfaitement Related terms: perfection
    Sense id: en-parfait-fr-adj-01IJse8T
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: imparfait

Noun

IPA: /paʁ.fɛ/ Audio: Fr-parfait.ogg Forms: parfaits [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Latin perfectus based on French par- + fait, inherited from Latin per- and factus respectively. Etymology templates: {{clq|fr|la|perfectus}} Calque of Latin perfectus, {{m|fr|par-}} par-, {{m|fr|fait}} fait, {{m|la|per-}} per-, {{m|la|factus}} factus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} parfait m (plural parfaits)
  1. (grammar) perfect tense Tags: masculine, perfect Categories (topical): Grammar, Tenses Derived forms: plus-que-parfait
    Sense id: en-parfait-fr-noun-aILacf4O Disambiguation of Tenses: 1 78 20 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: imparfait

Verb

IPA: /paʁ.fɛ/ Audio: Fr-parfait.ogg Forms: parfaite [feminine], parfaits [masculine, plural], parfaites [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Calque of Latin perfectus based on French par- + fait, inherited from Latin per- and factus respectively. Etymology templates: {{clq|fr|la|perfectus}} Calque of Latin perfectus, {{m|fr|par-}} par-, {{m|fr|fait}} fait, {{m|la|per-}} per-, {{m|la|factus}} factus Head templates: {{fr-past participle}} parfait (feminine parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)
  1. past participle of parfaire Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: parfaire
    Sense id: en-parfait-fr-verb-7ZjnNHMs Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 40 58

Inflected forms

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