English Explanatory Dictionary

perfect participle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A participle indicating a completed action or state:
  2. a simple (one-word) participle, traditionally called the past participle, used together with an auxiliary verb to form a perfect tense, such as "eaten" in English or "gegangen" in German
  3. a compound participle, e.g. "having eaten" in English or "ayant mangé" in French.

Word forms

perfect participle perfect participles
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