intransitive

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈtrænsətɪv/, /ɪnˈtrænzətɪv/, X-SAMPA: /In"tr{ns@tIv/, /In"tr{nz@tIv/

Adjective

intransitive (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of a verb) Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.

   The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often."

2. (rare) Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained.

   And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further. — Jeremy Taylor.

Antonyms

• transitive

Translations

of a verb, not taking a direct object

Albanian: jokalimtar (sq) Arabic: لازم (ar) (laazim) Catalan: intransitiu (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 不及物 (cmn) (bùjíwù) Czech: nepřechodný (cs) Dutch: onovergankelijk (nl) Esperanto: netransitiva (eo) Finnish: intransitiivinen (fi) French: intransitif (fr) Galician: intransitivo (gl) German: intransitiv (de) Ido: netransitiva (io)

Italian: intransitivo (it) Japanese: 自動 (ja) (じどう, jidō) Korean: 자동사 (ko) Norwegian: intransitiv (no) m. and f., intransitivt (no) n., intransitive (no) pl. Polish: nieprzechodni (pl) Portuguese: intransitivo (pt) Romanian: intransitiv (ro) Russian: непереходный  (ru) (neperexódnyj) Sanskrit: अकर्मक (sa) (akarmaka) Spanish: intransitivo (es) Turkish: geçişsiz (tr) Ukrainian: неперехідний (uk) Volapük: neloveädik (vo)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛ̃.tʁɑ̃.zi.tiv/, X-SAMPA: /E~.trA~.zi.tiv/
• Rhymes: -iv
• Homophone: intransitives

Adjective

intransitive

1. feminine form of intransitif

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Italian

Adjective

intransitive pl.

1. feminine form of intransitivo

Anagrams

• intravenisti