pro-verbe
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French
Etymology
Noun
pro-verbe m (plural pro-verbes)
- (grammar, linguistics) pro-verb
- Synonym: verbe vicaire
- 1986, Michel Arrivé, Françoise Gadet, Michel Galmiche, La grammaire d'aujourd'hui: guide alphabétique de linguistique française, Flammarion, →ISBN, page 344:
- Selon la classe du terme sur lequel porte l’interrogation, on distingue des déterminants, des pronoms, et des adverbes interrogatifs. Le groupment que + le verbe faire tient lieu de verbe interrogatif (pro-verbe*).
- Depending on the class to which the interrogative belongs, we distinguish between determinants, pronouns, and interrogative adverbs. The combination of que and the verb faire can substitute for an interrogative verb (pro-verb).