/pase/
Translation
past, passed (adj/noun)
Word origin
Past participle of passer ('to pass'), from Vulgar Latin passare, from Latin passus ('step, pace'). The English 'pass' and 'pace' share this root.
- Origin
- Vulgar Latin
- Root
- passare
- English cognates
- pass, pace
Examples
définitivement.
He regrets the years gone by and wants to turn the page for good.
, l' .
The past cannot be changed, but the future remains to be built together.
C' l' , ' .
That's past history, no point going back over it once more.
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Last month, we visited my grandmother.
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This fashion is completely out of date these days.
Passé est à la fois le participe passé de passer (to pass) et un adjectif ou nom qualifiant ce qui appartient au temps révolu. Comme nom masculin, le passé désigne la période antérieure à l'instant présent. Passé comme préposition signifie after, past et est invariable : passé midi (after noon), passé la frontière.
En grammaire, passé composé, passé simple, passé antérieur et plus-que-parfait sont les quatre temps du passé en français. Passé s'emploie fréquemment dans c'est du passé (it's in the past, it's over) pour clore un sujet douloureux. Avoir du passé désigne quelqu'un avec une histoire personnelle chargée.
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