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) (máṣdar) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動名詞 (cmn), 动名词 (cmn) (dòngmíngcí)

• Czech: podstatné jméno slovesné (cs) n
• Danish: verbalsubstantiv (da) n
• Faroese: sagnarnavnorð (fo) n
• Finnish: verbin nimitapa (fi), infinitiivi (fi)
• French: substantif verbal (fr) m
• Georgian: სახელზმნა (ka) (saxelzmna) 
• German: Verbalnomen (de) n, Verbalsubstantiv (de)
• Hebrew: שם פעולה \ שֵׁם פְּעֻלּה (he) (shem-pe'ulá) m
• Irish: ainm briathartha (ga) m
• Japanese: 動名詞 (ja) (どうめいし, dōmeishi)

• Jèrriais: nom vèrbal m
• Macedonian: глаголска именка (mk) (glágolska ímenka) f
• Norwegian: verbalsubstantiv (no) n
• Novial: verbal substantive
• Persian: مصدر (fa) (masdar) m
• 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)
• Turkish: ad-fiil (tr), isim-fiil (tr)

See also

• masdar