"boot verb" meaning in English

See boot verb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: boot verbs [plural]
Etymology: So called because these verbs form a boot-like shape when highlighted in a conjugation table. Head templates: {{en-noun}} boot verb (plural boot verbs), {{tlb|en|grammar}} (grammar)
  1. Any of various verbs, generally in Romance languages, in which the first and second persons plural are affected differently by some phonological or morphological rule than the other four forms.
    Sense id: en-boot_verb-en-noun-Mm15JjSz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Grammar Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34 Disambiguation of Grammar: 48 52 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. A verb in Italian so affected in the second and third persons singular. Synonyms: shoe verb, stem-changing verb
    Sense id: en-boot_verb-en-noun-L1Z5Jx~g Categories (other): Grammar Disambiguation of Grammar: 48 52 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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