present participle

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Noun

present participle (plural present participles)

1. (grammar) A verb form that indicates an ongoing action or state in the present and which can function as an adjective.

Usage notes

In English, a present participle adds the suffix -ing to a verb. You can precede a participle with a form of the verb to be to make what we call the "progressive tenses" of a verb. When a participle functions as a noun, we call it a gerund. A participle may also function as an adjective, especially in attributive use. It can evolve to become either a true noun or a true adjective, or both, with a shift in meaning, sometimes substantial. To see examples, look for words ending in "-ing" in Category:English adjectives and Category:English nouns.

Related terms

• future participle
• participle
• past participle
• perfect passive participle

See also

• gerund
• gerundive
• periphrastic

Synonyms

• p.pr. (abbreviation)

Translations

verb form that indicates an ongoing action

• Catalan: participi present (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 現在分詞 (cmn), 现在分词 (cmn) (xiànzài fēncí)

• Czech: příčestí přítomné (cs) n
• Danish: præsens participium (da) n and c
• Dutch: onvoltooid deelwoordn (nl) n, tegenwoordig deelwoord (nl) n
• Faroese: nútíðar lýsingarháttur (fo) m
• Finnish: partisiipin preesens (fi)
• French: participe présent (fr) m
• German: Mittelwort der Gegenwart (de) n, Partizipium präsentis (de) n, Partizip Präsens (de) n, Partizip I (de) n

• Greek: μετοχή του ενεστώτα (el) (metochí tu enestóta) f
• Hungarian: folyamatos melléknévi igenév (hu)
• Icelandic: lýsingarháttur nútíðar (is) m
• Japanese: 現在分詞 (ja) (げんざいぶんし, genzai bunshi)
• Jèrriais: participe présent m
• Latin: participium praesentis (la) m and n
• Portuguese: particípio presente (pt) m
• Romanian: participiu prezent (ro) n
• Russian: причастие настоящего времени (ru) (pričástije nastojáščevo vrémeni) n
• Spanish: participio presente (es) m
• Swedish: presensparticip (sv) c