pluperfect

English

Adjective

pluperfect (not comparable)

1. More than perfect
2. (grammar) Pertaining to action completed before or at the same time as another

Usage notes

• In many languages this is implemented using a participle and an auxiliary verb in a past tense

Noun

pluperfect (plural pluperfects)

1. The pluperfect tense
2. A verb in this tense

Translations

tense

Faroese: táliðin tíð (fo) f. Finnish: pluskvamperfekti (fi) French: plus-que-parfait (fr) m. German: Plusquamperfekt (de) n.

Greek: υπερσυντέλικος (el) (ypersyntélikos) m. Hungarian: régmúlt (hu) Latin: plusquamperfectum (la) n. Norwegian: pluskvamperfektum (no) Portuguese: pretérito mais-que-perfeito (pt) Spanish: pluscuamperfecto (es) m.

verb in this tense

Finnish: pluskvamperfekti (fi) Greek: υπερσυντέλικος (el) (ypersyntélikos) m. Korean: 과거완료 (ko) (gwa-geo-wal-lyo)

Manx: yl-lanejeant (gv) Portuguese: pretérito mais-que-perfeito (pt) m.