dictionary form

English

Noun

dictionary form (plural dictionary forms)

1. The basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a verb).

   The dictionary form of the verb is the infinitive in English, the first-person singular present indicative in Ancient Greek, and the third-person masculine singular perfect in Semitic languages.

Synonyms

• canonical form
• citation form
• basic form

Translations

basic form of a word — see also basic form

• Arabic: لَيمَّا (ar)
• Finnish: sanakirjamuoto (fi)
• French: forme canonique (fr) f
• German: Grundform (de) f, Lemmaform f, Wörterbuchform f
• Hungarian: szótári alak
• Japanese: 原形 (ja) (genkei), 辞書形 (jishokei)
• Korean: 원형 (ko) (wonhyeong)
• Persian: بن‌واژه (fa) (bon-vâže), مدخل (fa) (madxal)
• Polish: forma słownikowa f
• Russian: слова́рная фо́рма f (slovárnaja fórma), начальная форма слова (načalʹnaja forma slova), лемма (ru) f (lemma)
• Swedish: uppslagsord (sv) n, grundform (sv) c

See also

• headword
• lemma
• infinitive