verbal

English

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Etymology

From the Late Latin verbalis (“'belonging to a word”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: vûrʹ-bəl, IPA: /ˈvɜr.bəl/, SAMPA: /"v3r.b@l/
  • (UK) IPA: [ˈvɜː.bəɫ], SAMPA: ["v3:.b@5]
  • (US) IPA: [ˈvɜ˞.bəɫ], SAMPA: ["v3`.b@5]

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)bəl
• Hyphenation: ver‧bal

Adjective

verbal (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to words.
2. Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
3. Consisting of words only.
4. Expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied.
5. (grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
6. (grammar) Used to form a verb.
7. Capable of speech.
   • 2005, Avril V. Brereton, Bruce J. Tonge, Pre-schoolers with autism (page 55)

     How do these language problems affect the behaviour of verbal children?

Antonyms

• non-verbal
• substantive
• (expressly stated): implied

Derived terms

• verbalism
• verbality

Translations

of, or relating to words

Czech: slovní (cs) m. Dutch: verbaal (nl) Greek: λεκτικός (el) (lektikós) Hindi: शाब्दिक (hi) (śābdik)

Polish: słowny m., werbalny m. Portuguese: verbal (pt) m./f. Romanian: verbal (ro) m., oral (ro) m. Spanish: verbal (es)

concerned with the words

Greek: λεκτικός (el) (lektikós) Hindi: शाब्दिक (hi) (śābdik)

Polish: słowny m., werbalny m.

consisting of words only

expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied

Dutch: letterlijk (nl)

derived from, or having the nature of a verb

Dutch: werkwoordelijk (nl) Esperanto: verba (eo)

Polish: odczasownikowy m. Romanian: verbal (ro) m.

used to form a verb

Polish: czasownikowy m.

spoken and not written; oral

Dutch: mondeling (nl) Polish: ustny m.

Romanian: verbal (ro) m., oral (ro) m. and n. Turkish: sözlü (tr)

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Italian: deverbale (5) Novial: verbal

Noun

verbal (plural verbals)

1. (grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.

Translations

grammar

Italian: deverbale (it) m.

Spanish: verbal (es) m.

Verb

verbal (third-person singular simple present verbals, present participle verballing, simple past and past participle verballed)

1. (transitive, UK, Australian) To fabricate a confession
   • 1982, John A. Andrews, Human Rights in Criminal Procedure: A Comparative Study, ISBN 9024725526, BRILL, page 128

     "The problem of 'verballing' is unlikely to disappear, whatever the legal status of the person detained."

   • 2001, Chris Cunneen, Conflict, Politics and Crime: Aboriginal Communities and the Police, ISBN 1864487194, Allen & Unwin, page 116

     "Condren had always claimed that he was assaulted and verballed by police over the murder he had supposedly confessed to committing."

   • 2004, Jeremy Gans & Andrew Palmer, Australian Principles of Evidence, ISBN 1876905123, Routledge Cavendish, page 504

     "Moreover, given the risk of verballing, it is by no means apparent that it is in the interests of justice that the prosecution have the benefit of admissions that are made on occasions when recordings are impracticable."

See also

• verbal complement
• verbal diarrhoea
• verbal noun
• verbal regency
• verbal warning

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɛʁ.bal/
• Homophones: verbale, verbales

Adjective

verbal m. (f. verbale, m. plural verbaux, f. plural verbales)

1. verbal

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Spanish

Adjective

verbal m. and f. (plural verbales)

1. verbal

Noun

verbal m. and f. (plural verbales)

1. (grammar) verbal

Related terms

• verbo