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passé adjectif | past◼◼◼(having already happened; in the past) past◼◼◼(of a period of time: having just gone by) past◼◼◼(grammar: expressing action that has already happened) foregone◼◻◻(Bygone) |
passé nom {m} | past [pasts]◼◼◼(period of time that has already happened) past [pasts]◼◼◼((grammar) past tense) history [histories]◼◼◻(record or narrative description of past events) background [backgrounds]◼◼◻(social heritage) past tense◼◻◻(grammatical form) simple past◼◻◻(the simple past tense) |
passé adjectif {m} | bygone◼◻◻(in the far past) |
passé antérieur nom {m} | past anterior(a compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, and Italian) |
passé de mode preposition | out of fashion◼◼◼(unfashionable) behind the times(out of date, old-fashioned) |
passé simple nom {m} | past historic tense◼◼◼(tense) |
passé simple (these terms have slightly different meanings in French nom {m} | simple past◼◼◼(the simple past tense) |
passée nom | bevy(large group of birds) |
an passé nom | yesteryear [yesteryears](last year, see also: last year) |
année passée nom | yesteryear [yesteryears]◼◼◼(last year, see also: last year) |
chose du passé nom {f} | thing of the past◼◼◼(something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete) |
conditionnel passé nom {m} | conditional perfect(grammatical tense) |
dans le passé preposition | in the past◼◼◼(at a past time) |
du passé adjectif | preterite◼◼◼(showing an action at a determined moment in the past) |
dépassé adjectif | outdated◼◼◼(out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated) outmoded◼◼◻(obsolete) superannuated(obsolete, antiquated) |
dépassé preposition | out of date◼◼◻(too old to be used) beside oneself(consumed by an emotion) |
fantôme des Noëls passés nom propre {m} | Ghost of Christmas Past◼◼◼(the fictional ghost) |
infinitif passé nom {m} | perfect infinitive(nonfinite word or phrase equivalent to an infinite expressed in the perfect aspect) |
insurpassé adjectif | unsurpassed◼◼◼(not exceeded by others) |
l'an passé adverbe | last year◼◼◼(year before this one, see also: yesteryear) |
l'année passée adverbe | last year◼◼◼(year before this one, see also: yesteryear) |
lampassé adjectif | langued◼◼◼(having the tongue visible) |
par le passé preposition | in the past◼◼◼(at a past time) |
participe passé nom {m} | past participle◼◼◼noun |
pion passé nom {m} | passed pawn◼◼◼(pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns) |
vêtements repassés nom {m pl} | ironing◼◼◼(laundry that has recently been ironed) |
évènement passé nom {m} | bygone◼◼◼(A person or occurrence that took place in the past) |
être du passé nom | thing of the past◼◼◼(something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete) |