past participle
Grammatical term for the verb form used in perfect tenses and passive voice, e.g., 'eaten', 'written'.
The English past participle is used in perfect tenses and passive voice.
Present participle (e.g., 'eating', 'writing'), used in progressive tenses.
Simple past tense form (e.g., 'ate', 'wrote'), not the participle.
Compound of 過去 (past) and 分詞 (participle), a calque from Western grammatical terminology.