"action noun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: action nouns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} action noun (plural action nouns)
  1. A noun denoting the action of the verb or verbal root from which it is derived. Synonyms: nomen actionis, verbal noun Related terms: agent noun Translations (a noun denoting the action of the verb or verbal root from which it is derived): naamwoord van handeling [neuter] (Dutch), teonnimi (Finnish), Nomen Actionis [neuter] (German), Vorgangsbezeichnung [feminine] (German), cselekvésnév (Hungarian), nome d'azione [masculine] (Italian), 동작 명사 (dongjag myeongsa) (Korean), rzeczownik odczasownikowy [masculine] (Polish), verbalnomen (Swedish), nomen actionis (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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