"transitivity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌtɹænzɪˈtɪvɪti/ Forms: transitivities [plural]
Etymology: From French transitivité. Morphologically transitive + -ity Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|transitivité}} French transitivité, {{suffix|en|transitive|ity|nocat=1}} transitive + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} transitivity (countable and uncountable, plural transitivities)
  1. (grammar) The degree in which any one verb can take/govern objects. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar Hyponyms: monotransitivity, ditransitivity Translations (the degree in which a verb can govern objects): təsirlilik (Azerbaijani), 及物性 (jíwùxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), overgankelijkheid [feminine] (Dutch), transitiviteit [feminine] (Dutch), transitiivisuus (Finnish), transitivité [feminine] (French), გარდამავლობა (gardamavloba) (Georgian), Transitivität [feminine] (German), επαγωγή (epagogí) [feminine] (Greek), μεταβατικότητα (metavatikótita) [feminine] (Greek), transitività [feminine] (Italian), przechodniość [feminine] (Polish), transitividade [feminine] (Portuguese), tranzitivitate [feminine] (Romanian), перехо́дность (perexódnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), транзити́вность (tranzitívnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), transitividad [feminine] (Spanish), transitivitet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-transitivity-en-noun-arEt7Mif Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 77 23 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'the degree in which a verb can govern objects': 94 6
  2. (mathematics, logic) The property of being transitive. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-transitivity-en-noun-jaiWhQ02 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: transitiveness

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (eaedd02 and 8fbd9e8). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.