noun
remote past tense
Linguistic term for a tense that expresses an action completed in the distant past, such as Italian passato remoto. Compare with 過去 (sense 3), which refers to the simple past tense.
See also: 過去 (かこ)
イタリア語の遠過去は、遠い過去の出来事を表すときに使われる。
The Italian remote past tense is used to express events in the distant past.