verbe à particule

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Etymology

From verbe +‎ à +‎ particule.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛʁ.b‿a paʁ.ti.kyl/

Noun

verbe à particule m (plural verbes à particule)

  1. (grammar) phrasal verb (compound word made up of a conjugating verb and a particle (invariable part other than a noun or a pronoun), such as get up in English and ankommen in German)
    • 1998, Jean-Marc Pastré, Nouvelle grammaire de l’allemand [New German Grammar], Ophrys, →ISBN:
      On retrouve cette structure de détermination dans le verbe à particule séparable, qui est une sorte de verbe composé. Dans abfahren, ab détermine à droite fahren et en précise le sens, [] .
      We find this structure of determination in the separable phrasal verb, which is a kind of compound verb. In abfahren, ab determines on the right fahren and specifies the meaning,
    • 2008, Jean-Claude Souesme, 100 fiches de grammaire anglaise [100 English Grammar Cards], Bréal, →ISBN:
      Remarque : lorsque le verbe à particule admet un gérondif comme complément, la particule ne peut être déplacée : He gave up smoking.
      Note: when the phrasal verb admits a gerund as a complement, the particle cannot be moved: He gave up smoking.