converb

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Konverb. By surface analysis, con- +‎ verb; compare adverb and conjunctive.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.vɜːb/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.vɝb/

Noun

converb (plural converbs)

1. (linguistics) A non-finite verb form that serves to express adverbial subordination.
2. (Yiddish linguistics) A verb with a stressed, separable prefix.

Derived terms

• converbal
• converbial
• converbialization
• quasiconverb

 

Translations

Translations

• Azerbaijani: feli bağlama
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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 副動詞／副动词 (zh) (fùdòngcí)

• Chuvash: please add this translation if you can
• Crimean Tatar: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: konverbo
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• Finnish: konverbi
• French: converbe (fr) m
• German: Konverb n
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: converbo m
• Kalmyk: немр үүлдвр (nemr üüldvr)
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• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: нөхцөл үйл үг (nöxcöl üjl üg), нөхцөлдүүлэн холбох нөхцөл (nöxcöldüülen xolbox nöxcöl)

  Mongolian: ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠴᠡᠯ
  ᠦᠢᠯᠡ
  ᠦᠭᠡ (nöküčel üile üge)

• Polish: przysłówek odczasownikowy m
• Russian: конве́рб m (konvérb), дееприча́стие (ru) n (dejepričástije)
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• Uzbek: please add this translation if you can

See also

• adverbial participle
• transgressive
• coverb