intransitive verb

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˌtɹænsətɪv ˈvɜːb/, /ɪnˌtɹænzətɪv ˈvɜːb/

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Noun

intransitive verb (plural intransitive verbs)

1. (grammar) An action verb which does not take a direct object.

   In the English language, ‘sleep’ is an intransitive verb.

   • 2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 126:

     “‘Feel’ is an intransitive verb in your sentence and is modified by an adjective.”

Related terms

• VI
• transitive verb
• ditransitive verb
• intradirective verb
• labile verb

Translations

action verb not taking a direct object — see also neuter

• Arabic: فِعْل لَازِم (ar) m (fiʕl lāzim)
• Belarusian: неперахо́дны дзеясло́ў m (njepjeraxódny dzjejaslóŭ)
• Bengali: অকর্মক ক্রিয়া (bn) (okormok kriẏa)
• Breton: verb gwan m
• Bulgarian: непрехо́ден глаго́л m (neprehóden glagól)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 不及物動詞／不及物动词 (bat¹ kap⁶ mat⁶ dung⁶ ci⁴)

  Mandarin: 不及物動詞／不及物动词 (zh) (bùjíwù dòngcí), 自動詞／自动词 (zh) (zìdòngcí)

• Danish: intransitivt verbum n
• Dutch: onovergankelijk werkwoord (nl) n
• Esperanto: netransitiva verbo
• Estonian: sihitu tegusõna
• Finnish: intransitiivinen verbi, intransitiiviverbi (fi)
• French: verbe intransitif (fr) m
• Galician: verbo intransitivo m
• German: Intransitiv m, Intransitivum n, intransitives Verb (de) n
• Greek: αμετάβατο ρήμα n (ametávato ríma)
• Hebrew: פועל עומד (he) m
• Hindi: अकर्मक क्रिया f (akarmak kriyā)
• Hungarian: tárgyatlan ige (hu)
• Icelandic: áhrifslaus sögn f
• Indonesian: kata kerja intransitif
• Italian: verbo intransitivo m
• Japanese: 自動詞 (ja) (じどうし, jidōshi)
• Khmer: អកម្មកិរិយា (ʼɑɑkmmɔɔkeriyiə)
• Korean: 자동사(自動詞) (ko) (jadongsa)
• Lao: ອະກັມມະກິຣິຍາ (ʼa kam ma ki ri nyā), ອະກຳມະກິລິຍາ (ʼa kam ma ki li nyā)
• Latin: verbum intransitivum n
• Latvian: nepārejošs darbības vārds m, intransitīvs verbs m
• Lithuanian: negalininkinis veiksmažodis m
• Macedonian: непреоден глагол m (nepreoden glagol)
• Malayalam: അകർമ്മകക്രിയ (akaṟmmakakriya)
• Maori: kupumahi poro, tūmahi poro
• Norman: vèrbe întransitif m
• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: czasownik nieprzechodni (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: verbo intransitivo m
• Romanian: intranzitiv (ro) m, verb intranzitiv n
• Russian: неперехо́дный глаго́л (ru) m (neperexódnyj glagól)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: непрелазни глагол m, непријелазни глагол m

  Roman: neprelazni glagol m, neprijelazni glagol m

• Spanish: verbo intransitivo (es) m
• Swedish: intransitivt verb (sv)
• Tagalog: pandiwang katawanin
• Thai: อกรรมกริยา (th) (à-gam-grì-yaa)
• Turkish: geçişsiz fiil (tr), geçişsiz eylem (tr)
• Ukrainian: неперехідне́ дієсло́во n (neperexidné dijeslóvo)
• Vietnamese: nội động từ (vi)
• Volapük: värb neloveädik
• Welsh: berf gyflawn f