"passé composé" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /pa.se kɔ̃.po.ze/, /pɑ.se kɔ̃.po.ze/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-passé composé.wav Forms: passés composés [plural]
Etymology: Literally, “compound past”, because, unlike the imparfait and passé simple, which use endings and/or root flexion, it uses an auxiliary verb and the past participle. Etymology templates: {{m-g|compound past}} “compound past”, {{lit|compound past}} Literally, “compound past”, {{m|fr|imparfait}} imparfait, {{m|fr|passé simple}} passé simple Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} passé composé m (plural passés composés)
  1. a past tense in French grammar, to express a completed ('perfect') action Wikipedia link: passé composé Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Tenses Related terms: plus-que-parfait
    Sense id: en-passé_composé-fr-noun-a~HmbECv Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for passé composé meaning in French (2.0kB)

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