modal verb

See also: Modalverb

English

Examples
Examples of English modal verbs: can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would, ought, need and dare

Noun

modal verb (plural modal verbs)

1. (grammar) A verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood.

   Synonyms: modal, modal auxiliary, modal auxiliary verb

Translations

a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood — See also translations at modal auxiliary

• Catalan: verb modal m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 情態動詞／情态动词 (qíngtài dòngcí)

• Czech: modální sloveso n, způsobové sloveso (cs) n
• Danish: modalverbum (da) n, mådesudsagnsord n
• Dutch: modaal werkwoord n
• Finnish: modaalinen verbi
• French: modal (fr) m, verbe modal m
• German: Modalverb (de) n, Modalverbum n
• Hungarian: modális/módbeli (segéd)ige
• Irish: briathar cúntach m
• Italian: verbo servile m, verbo modale m
• Japanese: 法動詞 (ほうどうし, hōdōshi), 法助動詞 (ほうじょどうし, hōjodōshi) (modal auxiliary)
• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: мо́дален гла́гол m (módalen glágol)
• Polish: czasownik modalny (pl) m
• Portuguese: verbo modal m
• Russian: мода́льный глаго́л m (modálʹnyj glagól)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: начински гла̏гол m, модални гла̏гол m

  Roman: načinski glȁgol m, modalni glȁgol m

• Slovene: modalni glagol m
• Spanish: verbo modal m
• Ukrainian: мода́льне дієсло́во n (modálʹne dijeslóvo)

See also

• auxiliary
• auxiliary verb
• helping verb
• semimodal
• central modal
• Appendix:English modal verbs