"gerund" meaning in English

See gerund in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛɹənd/, /-ʌnd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gerund.wav Forms: gerunds [plural]
enPR: jěr'-ənd Rhymes: -ɛɹənd, -ɛɹʌnd Etymology: From Latin gerundium, from gerendus (“which is to be carried out”), future passive participle (gerundive) of gerō (“carry, bear”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|gerundium}} Latin gerundium Head templates: {{en-noun}} gerund (plural gerunds)
  1. (grammar) A verbal form that functions as a verbal noun. (In English, a gerund has the same spelling as a present participle, but functions differently; however, this distinction may be ambiguous or unclear and so is no longer made in some modern texts such as A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language and The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language) Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (verb form functioning as a verbal noun): صِيغَة فِعْل (ṣīḡat fiʕl) [masculine] (Arabic), مَصْدَر (maṣdar) [masculine] (Arabic), gerundi [masculine] (Catalan), punglihongan (Cebuano), 動名詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 动名词 (dòng-míngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), gerundium [neuter] (Czech), gerundium [neuter] (Danish), gerundium [neuter] (Dutch), gerundio (Esperanto), gerundi (Finnish), gérondif [masculine] (French), xerundio [masculine] (Galician), გერუნდი (gerundi) (Georgian), Gerundium [neuter] (German), Vertretungswort (German), γερούνδιο (geroúndio) [neuter] (Greek), क्रियावाचक संज्ञा (kriyāvācak sañjñā) (Hindi), gerundium (Hungarian), ing-es alak (Hungarian), igéből képzett főnév (Hungarian), deverbális főnév (Hungarian), sagnarnafnorð [neuter] (Icelandic), gerundio (Ido), gerundio [masculine] (Italian), 動名詞 (dōmeishi) (alt: どうめいし) (Japanese), 동명사 (dongmyeongsa) (Korean), gerundium [neuter] (Latin), nom vèrbal [masculine] (Norman), gerundium [neuter] (Norwegian), rzeczownik odczasownikowy [masculine] (Polish), odsłownik [masculine] (Polish), gerúndio [masculine] (Portuguese), геру́ндий (gerúndij) [masculine] (Russian), gerundio [masculine] (Spanish), gerundium [neuter] (Swedish), pandiwang makangalan (Tagalog), pangngalang-diwa (Tagalog), อาการนาม (aa-gaa-rá-naam) (Thai), ulaç (Turkish), gerwnd [masculine] (Welsh), cyfrediad [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (grammar) In some languages such as Dutch, Italian or Russian, a verbal form similar to a present participle, but functioning as an adverb to form adverbial phrases or continuous tense. These constructions have various names besides gerund, depending on the language, such as conjunctive participles, active participles, adverbial participles, transgressives, etc. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (verb form functioning as an adverb): gerundi [masculine] (Catalan), gerundium [neuter] (Dutch), e-participo (of Esperanto) (Esperanto), gerundio (Esperanto), gerundi (Finnish), gérondif [masculine] (French), გერუნდი (gerundi) (Georgian), Gerundium [neuter] (German), gerundium (Hungarian), ing-es alak (Hungarian), határozói igenév (Hungarian), igéből képzett határozó (Hungarian), deverbális határozó (Hungarian), gerundio [masculine] (Italian), gerundium [neuter] (Norwegian), gerúndio [masculine] (Portuguese), дееприча́стие (dejepričástije) [neuter] (Russian), геру́ндий (gerúndij) (note: of English) [masculine] (Russian), gerundio [masculine] (Spanish), gerundium [neuter] (Swedish), zarf-fiil (Turkish), ulaç (Turkish), durum ulacı (Turkish), sıla sıygası (Turkish), gerwnd [masculine] (Welsh), cyfrediad [masculine] (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: verbal Derived forms: gerundal, gerund-grinder, gerund-grinding, gerundial, gerundive, gerund-participle

Inflected forms

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          "word": "γερούνδιο"
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          "roman": "kriyāvācak sañjñā",
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          "alt": "どうめいし",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "ref": "2013, John Butt, Carmen Benjamin, A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish, Kindle edition, Routledge, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The Spanish gerund is quite unlike the English -ing form (‘walking’, ‘replying’, ‘saying’, etc.), which can function as a gerund, a present participle, a noun or an adjective; and it is also unlike the French form ending in -ant, which covers the functions of both the Spanish gerund and the adjectival form in -ante, -(i)ente discussed at 19.4.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In some languages such as Dutch, Italian or Russian, a verbal form similar to a present participle, but functioning as an adverb to form adverbial phrases or continuous tense. These constructions have various names besides gerund, depending on the language, such as conjunctive participles, active participles, adverbial participles, transgressives, etc."
      ],
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        ],
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          "Dutch"
        ],
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          "Italian"
        ],
        [
          "Russian",
          "Russian"
        ],
        [
          "present participle",
          "present participle"
        ],
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ],
        [
          "adverb",
          "adverb"
        ],
        [
          "adverbial phrase",
          "adverbial phrase"
        ],
        [
          "conjunctive",
          "conjunctive"
        ],
        [
          "participle",
          "participle"
        ],
        [
          "active participle",
          "active participle"
        ],
        [
          "adverbial participle",
          "adverbial participle"
        ],
        [
          "transgressive",
          "transgressive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) In some languages such as Dutch, Italian or Russian, a verbal form similar to a present participle, but functioning as an adverb to form adverbial phrases or continuous tense. These constructions have various names besides gerund, depending on the language, such as conjunctive participles, active participles, adverbial participles, transgressives, etc."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "jěr'-ənd"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛɹənd/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ʌnd/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɹənd"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɹʌnd"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣīḡat fiʕl",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صِيغَة فِعْل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maṣdar",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَصْدَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gerundi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "punglihongan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "動名詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dòng-míngcí",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "动名词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gerundium"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gerundium"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gerundium"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "gerundio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "gerundi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gérondif"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "xerundio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gerundi",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "გერუნდი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gerundium"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "Vertretungswort"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "geroúndio",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "γερούνδιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kriyāvācak sañjñā",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "क्रियावाचक संज्ञा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "gerundium"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "ing-es alak"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "igéből képzett főnév"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "deverbális főnév"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sagnarnafnorð"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "gerundio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gerundio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どうめいし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōmeishi",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "動名詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dongmyeongsa",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "동명사"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gerundium"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nom vèrbal"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gerundium"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rzeczownik odczasownikowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odsłownik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gerúndio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gerúndij",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "геру́ндий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gerundio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gerundium"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "pandiwang makangalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "pangngalang-diwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "aa-gaa-rá-naam",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "อาการนาม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "word": "ulaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gerwnd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as a verbal noun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cyfrediad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gerundi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gerundium"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "word": "e-participo (of Esperanto)"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "word": "gerundio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "word": "gerundi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gérondif"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gerundi",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "word": "გერუნდი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gerundium"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "word": "gerundium"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "word": "ing-es alak"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "word": "határozói igenév"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "word": "igéből képzett határozó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "word": "deverbális határozó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gerundio"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gerundium"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gerúndio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dejepričástije",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дееприча́стие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of English",
      "roman": "gerúndij",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "геру́ндий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gerundio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gerundium"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "word": "zarf-fiil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "word": "ulaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "word": "durum ulacı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "word": "sıla sıygası"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gerwnd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "verb form functioning as an adverb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cyfrediad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gerund"
}

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