From Latin plus ( “ more ” ) + perfectus ( “ perfect ” ) .
pluperfect tense plural pluperfect tenses
( grammar , of a verb) imperfect ; formed in English by adding had past participle of a verb, or by adding had been present participle of the verb.tense
Bulgarian: ми́нало предвари́телно вре́ме n ( mínalo predvarítelno vréme ) , плусквамперфе́кт m ( pluskvamperfékt )
Catalan: plusquamperfet (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 過去完成時 ／ 过去完成时 ( guòqù wánchéngshí, guòqù wánchéng shí )
Czech: plusquamperfektum n
Dutch: voltooid verleden tijd (nl) m plusquamperfectum (nl) n
Esperanto: pluskvamperfekto (eo)
Faroese: táliðin tíð f
Finnish: pluskvamperfekti (fi)
French: plus-que-parfait (fr) m
German: Plusquamperfekt (de) n Vorvergangenheit (de) f vollendete Vergangenheit f
Greek: υπερσυντέλικος (el) m ( ypersyntélikos )
Ancient: ὑπερσυντέλικος m ( hupersuntélikos )
Hungarian: régmúlt (hu)
Ido: plusquamperfekto (io)
Italian: trapassato prossimo (it) m
Japanese: 大過去 (ja) ( だいかこ, daikako )
Korean: 과거완료 (ko) ( gwageowallyo )
Latin: plusquamperfectum n
Macedonian: плусквамперфект m ( pluskvamperfekt )
Norwegian: pluskvamperfektum m
Persian: ماضی بعید ( mâzi-e ba'id )
Polish: czas zaprzeszły (pl) m
Portuguese: pretérito mais-que-perfeito (pt) , mais-que-perfeito (pt) m
Romanian: mai mult ca perfect n
Russian: давнопроше́дшее вре́мя (ru) n ( davnoprošédšeje vrémja ) , предпроше́дшее вре́мя n ( predprošédšeje vrémja ) , плюсквамперфе́кт (ru) m ( pljuskvamperfékt )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: плусквампѐрфект m плусквампѐрфекат m давно прошло време n
Roman: pluskvampèrfekt (sh) m
Spanish: pluscuamperfecto (es) m
Swedish: pluskvamperfekt (sv) n pluskvamperfektum (sv) n
Ukrainian: давномину́лий час m ( davnomynúlyj čas ) , плюсквамперфе́кт m ( pljuskvamperfékt )