verbal noun

English

Noun

verbal noun (plural verbal nouns)

1. (grammar) A noun that is morphologically related to a verb and similar to it in meaning; in English, this might be a gerund (ending in -ing), infinitive, or other noun derived from a verb.

   Brisk walking is good exercise.

   We scored a win.

Synonyms

• verbal substantive

Translations

grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning

Arabic: مصدر (ar) (máSdar) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 動名詞 (zh), 动名词 (zh) (dòngmíngcí) Czech: podstatné jméno slovesné (cs) n. Danish: verbalsubstantiv (da) n. Finnish: verbin nimitapa (fi), infinitiivi (fi) French: substantif verbal (fr) m. German: Verbalnomen (de) n., Verbalsubstantiv (de) Irish: ainm briathartha (ga) m.

Japanese: 動名詞 (ja) (どうめいし, dōmeishi) Novial: verbal substantive Polish: rzeczownik odczasownikowy (pl) m. Romanian: substantiv verbal (ro) n. Russian: отглагольное существительное (ru) (otglagól’noje suščestvítel’noje) n. Scottish Gaelic: ainmear gnìomhaireach (gd) m. Slovene: glágolnik (sl) Spanish: nombre verbal (es) m. Swedish: substantifierat verb (sv)