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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˌtɹænsətɪv ˈvɜːb/, /ɪnˌtɹænzətɪv ˈvɜːb/
Noun
intransitive verb (plural intransitive verbs)
- (grammar) An action verb which does not take a direct object.
In the English language, ‘sleep’ is an intransitive verb.
2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 126:“‘Feel’ is an intransitive verb in your sentence and is modified by an adjective.”
Related terms
Translations
action verb not taking a direct object
— see also neuter
- Arabic: فِعْل لَازِم (ar) m (fiʕl lāzim)
- Belarusian: неперахо́дны дзеясло́ў m (njepjeraxódny dzjejaslóŭ)
- Bengali: অকর্মক ক্রিয়া (bn) (okormok kriẏa)
- Breton: verb gwan m
- Bulgarian: непрехо́ден глаго́л m (neprehóden glagól)
- Burmese: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 不及物動詞／不及物动词 (bat1 kap6 mat6 dung6 ci4)
- Mandarin: 不及物動詞／不及物动词 (zh) (bùjíwù dòngcí), 自動詞／自动词 (zh) (zìdòngcí)
- Danish: intransitivt verbum n
- Dutch: onovergankelijk werkwoord (nl) n
- Esperanto: netransitiva verbo
- Estonian: sihitu tegusõna
- Finnish: intransitiivinen verbi, intransitiiviverbi (fi)
- French: verbe intransitif (fr) m
- Galician: verbo intransitivo m
- German: Intransitiv m, Intransitivum n, intransitives Verb (de) n
- Greek: αμετάβατο ρήμα n (ametávato ríma)
- Hebrew: פועל עומד (he) m
- Hindi: अकर्मक क्रिया f (akarmak kriyā)
- Hungarian: tárgyatlan ige (hu)
- Icelandic: áhrifslaus sögn f
- Indonesian: kata kerja intransitif
- Italian: verbo intransitivo m
- Japanese: 自動詞 (ja) (じどうし, jidōshi)
- Khmer: អកម្មកិរិយា (ʼɑɑkmmɔɔkeriyiə)
- Korean: 자동사(自動詞) (ko) (jadongsa)
- Lao: ອະກັມມະກິຣິຍາ (ʼa kam ma ki ri nyā), ອະກຳມະກິລິຍາ (ʼa kam ma ki li nyā)
- Latin: verbum intransitivum n
- Latvian: nepārejošs darbības vārds m, intransitīvs verbs m
- Lithuanian: negalininkinis veiksmažodis m
- Macedonian: непреоден глагол m (nepreoden glagol)
- Malayalam: അകർമ്മകക്രിയ (akaṟmmakakriya)
- Maori: kupumahi poro, tūmahi poro
- Norman: vèrbe întransitif m
- Occitan: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: czasownik nieprzechodni (pl) m inan
- Portuguese: verbo intransitivo m
- Romanian: intranzitiv (ro) m, verb intranzitiv n
- Russian: неперехо́дный глаго́л (ru) m (neperexódnyj glagól)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: непрелазни глагол m, непријелазни глагол m
- Roman: neprelazni glagol m, neprijelazni glagol m
- Spanish: verbo intransitivo (es) m
- Swedish: intransitivt verb (sv)
- Tagalog: pandiwang katawanin
- Thai: อกรรมกริยา (th) (à-gam-grì-yaa)
- Turkish: geçişsiz fiil (tr), geçişsiz eylem (tr)
- Ukrainian: неперехідне́ дієсло́во n (neperexidné dijeslóvo)
- Vietnamese: nội động từ (vi)
- Volapük: värb neloveädik
- Welsh: berf gyflawn f
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