What does participle mean?
Definitions for participle
ˈpɑr təˌsɪp əl, -sə pəlpar·tici·ple
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Princeton's WordNet
participle, participialnoun
a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
Wiktionary
participlenoun
A form of a verb that may function as an adjective or noun. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle.
Etymology: From participle (1388), ‘a noun-adjective’, variant of participe, from participium.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
PARTICIPLEnoun
Etymology: participium, Lat.
A participle as is a particular sort of adjective, formed from a verb, and together with its signification of action, passion, or some other manner of existence, signifying the time thereof. John Clarke, Latin Grammar.
The participles or confiners between plants and living creatures, are such as are fixed, though they have a motion in their parts: such as, oysters and cockles. Francis Bacon.
Wikipedia
Participle
In linguistics, a participle (from Latin participium 'a sharing, partaking'; abbr. PTCP) is a nonfinite verb form that has some of the characteristics and functions of both verbs and adjectives. More narrowly, participle has been defined as "a word derived from a verb and used as an adjective, as in a laughing face".“Participle” is a traditional grammatical term from Greek and Latin that is widely used for corresponding verb forms in European languages and analogous forms in Sanskrit and Arabic grammar. Cross-linguistically, participles may have a range of functions apart from adjectival modification. In European and Indian languages, the past participle is used to form the passive voice. In English, participles are also associated with periphrastic verb forms (continuous and perfect) and are widely used in adverbial clauses. In non-Indo-European languages, ‘participle’ has been applied to forms that are alternatively regarded as converbs (see Sireniki Eskimo below), gerunds, gerundives, transgressives, and nominalised verbs in complement clauses. As a result, ‘participles’ have come to be associated with a broad variety of syntactic constructions.
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participle
A participle is a form of a verb that is used in a sentence to modify a noun, noun phrase, verb, or verb phrase, and thus plays a role similar to that of an adjective or adverb. It is often used in various verb tenses or to form the passive voice. In English, the present participle ends in ‘-ing’ while the past participle typically ends in ‘-ed’.
Webster Dictionary
Participlenoun
a part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles
Participleadjective
anything that partakes of the nature of different things
Etymology: [F. participe, L. participium, fr. particeps sharing, participant; pars, gen. partis, a part + capere to take. See Participate.]
Wikidata
Participle
A participle is a form of a verb that is used in a sentence to modify a noun or noun phrase, and thus plays a role similar to that of an adjective or adverb. It is one of the types of non-finite verb forms. Its name comes from the Latin participium, a calque of Greek metochḗ "partaking" or "sharing"; it is so named because the Ancient Greek and Latin participles "share" some of the categories of the adjective or noun and some of those of the verb. Participles may correspond to the active voice, where the modified noun is taken to represent the agent of the action denoted by the verb; or to the passive voice, where the modified noun represents the patient of that action. Participles in particular languages are also often associated with certain verbal aspects or tenses. The two types of participle in English are traditionally called the present participle, and the past participle.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Participle
pär′ti-si-pl, n. a word having the value of an adjective but regularly formed from a verb.—adj. Particip′ial, having the nature of a participle: formed from a participle.—adv. Particip′ially.[L.,—participium—particeps—pars, a part, capĕre, to take.]
Editors Contribution
participle
A form of a verb that can function as an adjective or a noun.
The past participle is used in some languages.
Submitted by MaryC on October 17, 2016
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of participle in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of participle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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- إسم الفاعل, اسم فاعل, اسم مفعولArabic
- participiCatalan, Valencian
- příčestíCzech
- PartizipGerman
- μετοχήGreek
- participioSpanish
- kesksõnaEstonian
- partizipioBasque
- بخشی ازPersian
- partisiippiFinnish
- lýsingarhátturFaroese
- participeFrench
- mulwurdWestern Frisian
- rann-phàirtScottish Gaelic
- participioGalician
- melléknévi igenévHungarian
- lýsingarhátturIcelandic
- participioItalian
- 分詞Japanese
- deelwoordDutch
- partisippNorwegian
- imiesłówPolish
- particípioPortuguese
- причастиеRussian
- participSerbo-Croatian
- participSwedish
- ortaçTurkish
- حصہ لیںUrdu
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