plus-que-parfait

plyskəpaʁfɛ

Definition

Definition of plus-que-parfait - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

linguistiquetemps verbal qui exprime une action passée avant une autre action passée

Le plus-que-parfait se forme avec l'auxiliaire à l'imparfait et le participe passé.

Adjective

conjugaisonlié au temps verbal qui marque un passé antérieur

Cette forme plus-que-parfaite exprime une action antérieure.

passé antérieur

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subjonctif plus-que-parfait

temps composé du subjonctif exprimant une action passée antérieure

Le subjonctif plus-que-parfait se forme avec l'auxiliaire au subjonctif imparfait.

Origin of plus-que-parfait

latin, plus (plus) + quam (que) + perfectum (parfait)

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idéalisé

adj.

embelli

rendu plus beau ou parfait que la réalité par la pensée

fût

aux.v.

pronominal

sert au plus-que-parfait du subjonctif avec verbes pronominaux

fût

aux.v.

mouvement

sert au plus-que-parfait du subjonctif avec verbes de mouvement

Examples of plus-que-parfait in a sentence

J'ai appris le plus-que-parfait en cinquième.
Cette tournure plus-que-parfaite est rarement utilisée à l’oral.
On étudiera les valeurs du temps plus-que-parfait dans ce chapitre.

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English:past perfect, pluperfect, ...
German:Plusquamperfekt, plusquamperfekter, ...
Italian:trapassato prossimo, trapassato, ...
Spanish:pluscuamperfecto, ...
Portuguese:mais-que-perfeito, ...
Chinese:过去完成时, 过去完成时的, ...
Japanese:過去完了, 大過去の, ...
Arabic:الماضي التام, أَسْبَق, ...
Hebrew:זְמַן עָבָר מֻשְׁלָם, מֻשְׁלָם, ...
Russian:прошедшее совершённое время, плюсквамперфектный, ...
Ukrainian:плюсквамперфект, передминулий, ...
Catalan:plusquamperfet, plusquamperfeta, ...
Danish:pluskvamperfektum, pluskvamperfektisk, ...
Dutch:voltooid verleden tijd, plusquamperfect, ...
Greek:υπερσυντέλικος, προηγημένος παρελθοντικός, ...
Hungarian:régmúlt, régmúlt idejű, ...
Khmer:អតីតកាលបូរណៈ, អតីតកាលមុន, ...
Korean:대과거, 대과거의, ...
Polish:czas zaprzeszły, zaprzeszły, ...
Portuguese (BR):mais-que-perfeito, ...
Romanian:mai mult ca perfect, ...
Swedish:pluskvamperfekt, överförfluten, ...
Thai:กาลปุพบท, อดีตก่อนอดีต, ...
Turkish:miş'li geçmiş zaman, daha önceki geçmiş zamanla ilgili, ...
Vietnamese:thì quá khứ hoàn thành, quá khứ hoàn thành, ...

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