transitive verb

English

Etymology

Coined between 1580 and 1590.

Pronunciation

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Noun

transitive verb (plural transitive verbs)

1. (grammar) A verb that is accompanied (either clearly or implicitly) by a direct object in the active voice. It links the action taken by the subject with the object upon which that action is taken. Consequently, transitive verbs can also be used in the passive voice when the direct object of the equivalent active-voice sentence becomes the subject.

Antonyms

• intransitive verb

Related terms

• monotransitive verb
• ditransitive verb
• intradirective verb
• labile verb

Translations

a verb that is accompanied by a direct object

• Arabic: (indefinite) فِعْل مُتَعَدٍّ (ar) m (fiʕl mutaʕaddin)
• Armenian: անցողական բայ (hy) (ancʻoġakan bay)
• Belarusian: перахо́дны дзеясло́ў m (pjeraxódny dzjejaslóŭ)
• Breton: verb tre m
• Bulgarian: пре́хо́ден глаго́л m (préhóden glagól)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 及物動詞／及物动词 (zh) (jíwù dòngcí), 他動詞／他动词 (zh) (tādòngcí)

• Danish: transitivt verbum n
• Dutch: overgankelijk werkwoord (nl) n, transitief werkwoord (nl) n
• Esperanto: transitiva verbo
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: transitiivinen verbi, transitiiviverbi (fi)
• French: verbe transitif (fr) m
• Galician: verbo transitivo m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: transitives Verb (de) n, transitives Verbum, Transitivverb, Transitivum, Transitiv
• Greek: μεταβατικό ρήμα (el) n (metavatikó ríma)
• Hungarian: tárgyas ige (hu)
• Icelandic: áhrifssögn (is) f
• Japanese: 他動詞 (ja) (たどうし, tadōshi)
• Khmer: សកម្មកិរិយា (sɑɑkmmɔɔkeriyiə), សកម្មកិរិយាសព្ទ (sɑɑkmmɔɔkeriyiəhptɔɔ)
• Korean: 타동사(他動詞) (ko) (tadongsa)
• Lao: ສະກັມມະກິຣິຍາ (sa kam ma ki ri nyā), ສະກຳກະລິຍາ (sa kam ka li nyā)
• Latvian: pārejošs darbības vārds m, transitīvs verbs m
• Lithuanian: galininkinis veiksmažodis m
• Macedonian: преоден глагол m (preoden glagol)
• Maori: kupumahi whiti, tūmahi whiti
• Norman: vèrbe transitif m
• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: فعل متعدی (fe'le mota'addi)
• Polish: czasownik przechodni (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: verbo transitivo m
• Romanian: verb tranzitiv n
• Russian: перехо́дный глаго́л (ru) m (perexódnyj glagól)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: прелазни глагол m, пријелазни глагол m

  Roman: prelazni glagol m, prijelazni glagol m

• Spanish: verbo transitivo (es) m
• Swedish: transitivt verb (sv) n
• Tagalog: pandiwang palipat
• Thai: สกรรมกริยา (th) (sà-gam-grì-yaa)
• Turkish: geçişli fiil (tr), geçişli eylem (tr)
• Ukrainian: перехідне́ дієсло́во (uk) n (perexidné dijeslóvo)
• Vietnamese: ngoại động từ (vi)
• Volapük: värb loveädik
• Welsh: berf anghyflawn f
• Zazaki: fiilo ravêrdın