direct object

See also: direct-object

English

Noun

Examples
I see the car. (French) Je vois la voiture.

direct object (plural direct objects)

1. (grammar, in languages without cases) The noun or noun phrase that a verb is directly acting upon.
2. (grammar, in languages with case distinctions) Such an object when it is in the accusative case, but (generally) not when it is in another case.

Related terms

• subject
• indirect object

Translations

the noun a verb is directly acting upon

• Catalan: objecte directe m
• Danish: direkte objekt n, genstandsled (da) n
• Dutch: lijdend voorwerp (nl) n
• Finnish: suora objekti
• French: complément d'objet direct (fr) m, C.O.D. m
• Georgian: პირდაპირი ობიექტი (ṗirdaṗiri obiekṭi)
• German: direktes Objekt (de) n, Akkusativobjekt (de) n
• Hungarian: közvetlen tárgy, direkt tárgy, elsődleges tárgy
• Icelandic: beint andlag n
• Italian: complemento diretto (it) m
• Japanese: 直接目的語 (chokusetsu mokutekigo)
• Korean: 직접목적어 (jikjeop mokjeogeo)

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} res directa f
• Maltese: oġġett dirett m
• Norman: objet direct m
• Polish: dopełnienie bliższe n
• Portuguese: objeto direto (pt) m, complemento direto m
• Romanian: complement direct (ro) n
• Russian: прямо́е дополне́ние n (prjamóje dopolnénije)
• Spanish: complemento directo m
• Swedish: direkt objekt
• Tagalog: tuwirang layon
• Thai: กรรมตรง

Further reading

• direct object on Wikipedia.Wikipedia