intransitive

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ transitive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɹænsətɪv/, /ɪnˈtɹænzətɪv/

  • Audio (UK)

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Adjective

intransitive (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of a verb) Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.

   The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often."

2. (rare) Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained.
   • 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery

     And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further.

Synonyms

• neuter
• nontransitive

Antonyms

• transitive

Derived terms

• intransitive preposition
• intransitively
• intransitivity

 

Translations

of a verb, not taking a direct object

• Albanian: jokalimtar (sq)
• Arabic: لَازِم‎ (lāzim)
• Armenian: անանցողական (hy) (anancʿołakan)
• Belarusian: неперахо́дны (njepjeraxódny)
• Bengali: অকর্মক ক্রিয়া (bn) (okormok kriẏa)
• Bulgarian: непрехо́ден (bg) (neprehóden)
• Catalan: intransitiu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不及物 (zh) (bùjíwù)

• Czech: nepřechodný
• Danish: intransitiv (da)
• Dutch: onovergangelijk, intransitief (nl)
• Esperanto: netransitiva (eo)
• Finnish: intransitiivinen (fi)
• French: intransitif (fr)
• Galician: intransitivo (gl)
• Georgian: გარდაუვალი (gardauvali)
• German: intransitiv (de)
• Greek: αμετάβατος (el) (ametávatos)

  Ancient: ἀμετάβατος (ametábatos)

• Hungarian: tárgyatlan (hu)
• Icelandic: áhrifslaus
• Ido: netransitiva (io)
• Irish: neamhaistreach
• Italian: intransitivo (it)
• Japanese: 自動 (ja) (じどう, jidō)
• Korean: 자동 (ko) (jadong)
• Latin: intransitīvus (la)
• Macedonian: непреоден (nepreoden)
• Malayalam: അകർമ്മക്രിയ (akaṟmmakriya), അകർമ്മകം (akaṟmmakaṃ)
• Mongolian: үл тусах (ül tusax), эс тусах (es tusax)
• Norman: întransitif (Jersey)
• Norwegian: intransitiv (no)
• Polish: nieprzechodni (pl)
• Portuguese: intransitivo (pt)
• Romanian: intransitiv
• Russian: неперехо́дный (ru) (neperexódnyj)
• Sanskrit: अकर्मक (sa) (akarmaka)
• Scottish Gaelic: anasdolach, neo-aisigeach, neo-chuspaireach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: не̏прела̄зан, не̏пријела̄зан

  Roman: nȅprelāzan (sh), nȅprijelāzan (sh)

• Slovak: neprechodný
• Slovene: neprehoden
• Spanish: intransitivo (es)
• Swedish: intransitiv (sv)
• Tagalog: katawanin
• Turkish: geçişsiz (tr)
• Ukrainian: неперехідни́й (neperexidnýj)
• Vietnamese: nội (vi)
• Volapük: neloveädik (vo)
• Welsh: cyflawn (cy)
• Zazaki: nêravêrde

See also

• ergative

Noun

intransitive (plural intransitives)

1. (grammar) An intransitive verb.
   • 2011, Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, The Syntax of Romanian: Comparative Studies in Romance (page 136)

     This means that subcategorization properties do not allow us to distinguish between transitives and intransitives (both types of verbs are allowed, but not obliged, to take a direct object).

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tʁɑ̃.zi.tiv/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iv
• Homophone: intransitives

Adjective

intransitive

1. feminine singular of intransitif

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

intransitive

1. inflection of intransitiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.tran.siˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Syllabification: in‧tran‧si‧tì‧ve

Adjective

intransitive f pl

1. feminine plural of intransitivo

Anagrams

• intravenisti