temps primitif

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃ pʁi.mi.tif/

temps primitif m (plural temps primitifs)

1. (grammar) principal part of a verb (any of the forms of a verb which contain its stem(s) in the simplest form, or such a form that, when taken with all the other principal parts (showing various inflections), allows the entire paradigm to be derived)

• temps primaire