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Tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- `I had finished' is an example of the past perfect
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense
From Latin plus (“more”) + perfectus (“perfect”).
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
ми́нало предвари́телно вре́ме
(mínalo predvarítelno vréme)
— tense
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Bulgarian:
плусквамперфе́кт
(pluskvamperfékt)
— tense
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Catalan:
plusquamperfet
— tense
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Chinese Mandarin:
過去完成時 /过去完成时
(guòqù wánchéngshí, guòqù wánchéng shí)
— tense
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Czech:
plusquamperfektum
— tense
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Dutch:
voltooid verleden tijd
— tense
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Dutch:
plusquamperfectum
— tense
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Esperanto:
pluskvamperfekto
— tense
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Faroese:
táliðin tíð
— tense
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Finnish:
pluskvamperfekti
— tense
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French:
plus-que-parfait
— tense
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German:
Plusquamperfekt
— tense
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German:
Vorvergangenheit
— tense
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German:
vollendete Vergangenheit
— tense
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Greek:
υπερσυντέλικος
(ypersyntélikos)
— tense
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Ancient Greek:
ὑπερσυντέλικος
(hupersuntélikos)
— tense
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Hungarian:
régmúlt
— tense
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Ido:
plusquamperfekto
— tense
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Italian:
trapassato prossimo
— tense
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Italian:
trapassato
— tense
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Italian:
piuccheperfetto
— tense
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Japanese:
大過去
(daikako)
— tense
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Kazakh:
бұрынғы өткен шақ
(būrynğy ötken şaq)
— tense
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Korean:
과거완료
(gwageowallyo)
— tense
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Latin:
plusquamperfectum
— tense
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Macedonian:
плусквамперфект
(pluskvamperfekt)
— tense
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Norwegian:
pluskvamperfektum
— tense
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Persian:
ماضی بعید
(mâzi-e ba'id)
— tense
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Polish:
czas zaprzeszły
— tense
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Portuguese:
pretérito mais-que-perfeito
— tense
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Portuguese:
mais-que-perfeito
— tense
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Romanian:
mai mult ca perfect
— tense
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Romansh:
plusquamperfect
— tense
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Russian:
давнопроше́дшее вре́мя
(davnoprošédšeje vrémja)
— tense
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Russian:
предпроше́дшее вре́мя
(predprošédšeje vrémja)
— tense
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Russian:
плюсквамперфе́кт
(pljuskvamperfékt)
— tense
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Serbo-Croatian:
плусквампѐрфект
— tense
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Serbo-Croatian:
плусквампѐрфекат
— tense
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Serbo-Croatian:
давно прошло време
— tense
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Serbo-Croatian:
pluskvampèrfekt
— tense
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Spanish:
pluscuamperfecto
— tense
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Swedish:
pluskvamperfekt
— tense
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Swedish:
pluskvamperfektum
— tense
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Ukrainian:
давномину́лий час
(davnomynúlyj čas)
— tense
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Ukrainian:
плюсквамперфе́кт
(pljuskvamperfékt)
— tense
