passé composé
[ pah-sey kawn-poh-zey ]
/ pɑ seɪ kɔ̃ poʊˈzeɪ /
noun French.
a grammatical construction of French consisting of the present tense of an auxiliary, either avoir or être, followed by a past participle and corresponding in function to both the English present perfect and the English simple past tenses.
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Origin of passé composé
Literally, “compound past”
Words nearby passé composé
pass by, Passchendaele, passcode, pass degree, passe, passé composé, passed, passed ball, passed pawn, passel, passement
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