passé surcomposé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.se syʁ.kɔ̃.po.ze/ ~ /pɑ.se syʁ.kɔ̃.po.ze/

Noun

Examples
il a eu fait

passé surcomposé m (plural passés surcomposés)

1. (grammar) a past tense using two auxiliary verbs to conjugate

Usage notes

• This tense is extremely rare in written and spoken French.