perfect participle (English, noun)
expansion: perfect participle (plural perfect participles)
Senses:
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glosses: A participle indicating a completed action or state:
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
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A participle indicating a completed action or state:
a compound participle, e.g. "having eaten" in English or "ayant mangé" in French.
Forms:
form: perfect participles
tags: plural