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[autumn horizon]

« participe passé » means "past participle"
it is used in forming both the passé composé and the plus-que-parfait

(and other compound tenses)

the basic form of both tenses is:
[conjugated auxiliary verb] + [past participle]

in the case of the passé composé, the auxiliary verb is conjugated in the present
in the case of the plus-que-parfait, the auxiliary verb is conjugated in the imperfect