passé composé
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “compound past”, because, unlike the imparfait and passé simple, which use endings and/or root flexion, it uses an auxiliary verb and the past participle.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
passé composé m (plural passés composés)
- a past tense in French grammar, to express a completed ('perfect') action