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) (neperexidnyj)
• 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 f pl

1. feminine plural of intransitivo

Anagrams

• intravenisti