intransitive verb

See also: intransitive-verb

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˌtɹænsətɪv ˈvɜːb/, /ɪnˌtɹænzətɪv ˈvɜːb/

Noun

intransitive verb (plural intransitive verbs)

1. (grammar) An action verb not taking a direct object.

   In English "sleep" is an intransitive verb.

Related terms

• VI
• transitive verb
• ditransitive verb
• intradirective verb
• labile verb

Translations

action verb not taking a direct object — See also translations at neuter

• Arabic: فِعْل لَازِم‏‎ m (fiʿl lāzim)
• Bengali: অকর্মক ক্রিয়া (ôkôrmôk kriya)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 不及物動詞 (bat¹ kap⁶ mat⁶ dung⁶ ci⁴)

  Mandarin: 不及物動詞, 不及物动词 (bùjíwù dòngcí), 自動詞 (zh), 自动词 (zh) (zìdòngcí)

• Danish: intransitivt verbum n
• Dutch: onovergankelijk werkwoord (nl) n
• Finnish: intransitiivinen verbi, intransitiiviverbi (fi)
• French: verbe intransitif (fr) m
• German: Intransitiv m, Intransitivum n, intransitives Verb (de) n
• Greek: αμετάβατο ρήμα n (ametávato ríma)
• Hebrew: פועל עומד‏‎ (he) m
• Hindi: अकर्मक क्रिया f (akarmak kriyā)
• Icelandic: áhrifslaus sögn f
• Indonesian: kata kerja intransitif
• Italian: verbo intransitivo m
• Japanese: 自動詞 (ja) (じどうし, jidōshi)
• Korean: 자동사 (ko) (jadongsa) (自動詞 (ko))
• Latin: verbum intransitivum n

• Latvian: nepārejošs darbības vārds m, intransitīvs verbs m
• Macedonian: непреоден глагол m (nepréoden glágol)
• Malayalam: അകര്‍മ്മകക്രിയ (akar‍mmakakriya)
• Maori: kupumahi poro, tūmahi poro
• Norman: vèrbe întransitif m
• Novial: non-transitiv verbe
• Polish: czasownik nieprzechodni (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: verbo intransitivo m
• Romanian: intranzitiv (ro) m, verb intranzitiv n
• Russian: неперехо́дный глаго́л m (neperexódnyj glagól)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: непрелазни глагол m, непријелазни глагол m

  Roman: neprelazni glagol m, neprijelazni glagol m

• Spanish: verbo intransitivo (es) m
• Swedish: intransitivt verb (sv)
• Tagalog: pandiwang katawanin
• Thai: อกรรมกริยา (th) (à-gam-grì-yaa)
• Turkish: geçişsiz fiil (tr), geçişsiz eylem
• Volapük: värb neloveädik