transitivity

English

Etymology

From French transitivité.

Morphologically transitive +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɹænzɪˈtɪvɪti/

Noun

transitivity (countable and uncountable, plural transitivities)

1. (grammar) The degree in which any one verb can take/govern objects.

   Hyponyms: monotransitivity, ditransitivity

   Coordinate terms: intransitivity, ambitransitivity

   There are 3 cardinal degrees of transitivity of any one verb: intransitive, monotransitive and ditransitive.

2. (mathematics, logic) The property of being transitive.

   The w:hypothetical syllogism inference rule states the transitivity of implication.

Translations

the degree in which a verb can govern objects

• Azerbaijani: təsirlilik
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 及物性 (zh) (jíwùxìng)

• Dutch: overgankelijkheid f, transitiviteit f
• Finnish: transitiivisuus (fi)
• French: transitivité (fr) f
• Georgian: გარდამავლობა (gardamavloba)
• German: Transitivität (de) f
• Greek: επαγωγή (el) f (epagogí), μεταβατικότητα (el) f (metavatikótita)
• Italian: transitività f
• Polish: przechodniość (pl) f
• Portuguese: transitividade (pt) f
• Romanian: tranzitivitate (ro) f
• Russian: перехо́дность (ru) f (perexódnostʹ), транзити́вность (ru) f (tranzitívnostʹ)
• Spanish: transitividad f
• Swedish: transitivitet c

See also

• transitiveness