passé

Definitions of passé
  1. noun
    the time that has elapsed
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    antonyms:
    avenir, futur
    the time yet to come
    types:
    histoire
    the aggregate of past events
    type of:
    temps
    the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
  2. noun
    a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
    synonyms: imparfait
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    types:
    passé simple
    a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
    type of:
    temps
    a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
  3. noun
    a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
    synonyms: imparfait, parfait
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    types:
    parfait, passé composé
    a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present
    passé antérieur, plus-que-parfait
    a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
    futur antérieur
    a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future
    type of:
    temps
    a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
  4. noun
    the aggregate of past events
    synonyms: histoire
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