preterite

Etymology
From, from (13th century), from  (as in ), the past participle of , itself from  (comparative of ) +  (the past participle of ).

Adjective

 * 1)  Showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
 * 2) Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.
 * 1) Belonging wholly to the past; passed by.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:past

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: pretèrit
 * Dutch: in de verleden tijd, in het preteritum
 * Estonian: üldminevik
 * French: du passé
 * Greek:
 * Japanese:, 過去時制;  点過去
 * Latin: praeteritus
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, проше́дшее повествова́тельное
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1)  A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: минало време
 * Catalan: pretèrit
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: elbeszélő múlt (idő)
 * Japanese:, 過去時制
 * Latin: praeteritum
 * Norman: sîmpl'ye pâssé
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: preteritum
 * Nynorsk: preteritum
 * Polish: czas przeszły
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: ,
 * Mandarin: ,