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.
Origin of passé composé
literally, compound past
Words nearby passé composé
passport,
passus,
password,
passy,
passé,
passé composé,
past,
past continuous,
past life therapy,
past master,
past mistress