preterite

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• /ˈpɹɛtəɹɪt/
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From Middle English preterit, from Old French preterit (13th century), from Latin praeteritum (as in tempus praeteritum (“time past”)), the past participle of praetereō (“to go by, go past”), itself from praeter (“beyond, before, above, more than”) (comparative of prae (“before”)) + itum (the past participle of eō (“to go”)).

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: المَاضَي التّامّ (al-māḍi at-tam) — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Bulgarian: минал (minal) — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Catalan: pretèrit — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Dutch: in de verleden tijd — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Dutch: in het preteritum — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Estonian: üldminevik — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• French: du passé — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Greek: παρωχημένος (parochiménos) — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Japanese: 過去の (kako no) — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Japanese: 過去時制の (kako-jisei no) — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Japanese: 点過去の (ten-kako no) — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Latin: praeteritus — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Polish: przeszły — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Portuguese: pretérito — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Russian: прете́рит (pretérit) — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Russian: проше́дшее повествова́тельное (prošédšeje povestvovátelʹnoje) — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Spanish: pretérito — showing an action at a determined moment in the past
• Bulgarian: минало време (minalo vreme) — preterite tense; simple past
• Catalan: pretèrit — preterite tense; simple past
• Danish: præteritum — preterite tense; simple past
• Danish: datid — preterite tense; simple past
• Dutch: onvoltooid verleden tijd — preterite tense; simple past
• Esperanto: preterito — preterite tense; simple past
• Finnish: preteriti — preterite tense; simple past
• French: prétérit — preterite tense; simple past
• German: Mitvergangenheit — preterite tense; simple past
• German: Präteritum — preterite tense; simple past
• Greek: αόριστος (aóristos) — preterite tense; simple past
• Hungarian: elbeszélő múlt (idő) — preterite tense; simple past
• Japanese: 過去 (kako) — preterite tense; simple past
• Japanese: 過去時制 (kako-jisei) — preterite tense; simple past
• Latin: praeteritum — preterite tense; simple past
• Norman: sîmpl'ye pâssé — preterite tense; simple past
• Norwegian Bokmål: preteritum — preterite tense; simple past
• Norwegian Nynorsk: preteritum — preterite tense; simple past
• Polish: czas przeszły — preterite tense; simple past
• Portuguese: pretérito — preterite tense; simple past
• Romanian: preterit — preterite tense; simple past
• Russian: проше́дшее вре́мя (prošédšeje vrémja) — preterite tense; simple past
• Russian: прете́рит (pretɛ́rit) — preterite tense; simple past
• Serbo-Croatian: preterit — preterite tense; simple past
• Spanish: pretérito — preterite tense; simple past
• Swedish: preteritum — preterite tense; simple past