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past anterior

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, in function a pluperfect, and in form composed of the conjunction of the simple past tense of an auxiliary verb (avoir, être) with the past participle. Example: Après que la femme et l'homme l'eurent remercié = After the woman and the man had thanked him

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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  • Aragonese: pasau anterior — a compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, and Italian
  • Catalan: passat anterior — a compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, and Italian
  • Catalan: pretèrit anterior — a compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, and Italian
  • French: passé antérieur — a compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, and Italian
  • Italian: trapassato remoto — a compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, and Italian
  • Portuguese: passado anterior — a compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, and Italian
  • Russian: прошедшее отдалённое (prošedšeje otdaljónnoje) — a compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, and Italian
  • Spanish: pretérito anterior — a compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, and Italian