"active participle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: active participles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} active participle (plural active participles)
  1. (grammar) A participle indicating an ongoing or completed action or state in the active voice, where a noun modified by the participle is taken to represent the agent of the action denoted by the verb. Wikipedia link: active participle Categories (topical): Grammar Derived forms: active participial Translations (active participle): اِسْم فَاعِل (ism fāʕil) [masculine] (Arabic), aktiivin partisiippi (Finnish), aktives Partizip [neuter] (German), 能動分詞 (nōdōbunshi) (alt: のうどうぶんし) (Japanese), imiesłów czynny [masculine] (Polish), particípio ativo [masculine] (Portuguese), действи́тельное прича́стие (dejstvítelʹnoje pričástije) [neuter] (Russian), aktif ortaç (Turkish), aktif sıfat-fiili (Turkish), phân từ chủ động (Vietnamese), rhangymeriad gweithredol [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-active_participle-en-noun-Eh7k1~ZJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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