past participial
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past participle — /past ˈpatəsɪpəl/ (say pahst pahtuhsipuhl) noun a participle with past or perfect meaning; perfect participle, as fallen, sung, defeated. –past participial /past patəˈsɪpiəl/ (say pahst pahtu sipeeuhl), adjective …
participial — I noun a non finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses • Syn: ↑participle • Derivationally related forms: ↑participial (for: ↑participle) • Hypernyms: ↑v … Useful english dictionary
past participle — noun a participle that expresses completed action • Syn: ↑perfect participle • Hypernyms: ↑participle, ↑participial * * * noun, pl ⋯ ciples [count] grammar : the form of the verb that is used with “have” in perfect tenses and with “be” in passive … Useful english dictionary
Spanish Language and Literature — • As a medium of literary expression Spanish asserted itself first in the twelfth century: it had been six or seven centuries in the process of evolution out of Latin Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Spanish Language and Literature … Catholic encyclopedia
close — [13] Close originally entered English as a verb. It came from clos , the past participial stem of Old French clore ‘shut’, which was a descendant of Latin claudere (related to Latin clāvis ‘key’, from which English gets clavier, clavichord,… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
old — [OE] Etymologically, old means ‘grown up’. It comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *altha (source also of German alt and Dutch oud) which was a past participial adjective formed from the base of a verb meaning ‘grow, nourish’. (A precisely… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
close — [13] Close originally entered English as a verb. It came from clos , the past participial stem of Old French clore ‘shut’, which was a descendant of Latin claudere (related to Latin clāvis ‘key’, from which English gets clavier, clavichord,… … Word origins
old — [OE] Etymologically, old means ‘grown up’. It comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *altha (source also of German alt and Dutch oud) which was a past participial adjective formed from the base of a verb meaning ‘grow, nourish’. (A precisely… … Word origins
-ade — 1. suffix forming nouns: 1 an action done (blockade; tirade). 2 the body concerned in an action or process (cavalcade). 3 the product or result of a material or action (arcade; lemonade; masquerade). Etymology: from or after F ade f. Prov., Sp.,… … Useful english dictionary
Romance languages — romance1 (def. 8). [1770 80] * * * Group of related languages derived from Latin, with nearly 920 million native speakers. The major Romance languages French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian are national languages. French is probably… … Universalium
