intransitive verb

English

Pronunciation

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

intransitive verb (plural intransitive verbs)

(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.”

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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

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