"impersonal verb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: impersonal verbs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} impersonal verb (plural impersonal verbs)
  1. (linguistics) A verb used only in the infinitive or in the third person. In the third person, the subject is either implied or a dummy. Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: defective verb, monopersonal Translations (verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person): persoonaton verbi (Finnish), impersonaalinen verbi (Finnish), unpersönliches Zeitwort [neuter] (German), unpersönliches Verb [neuter] (German), impersonales Verb [neuter] (German), απρόσωπο ρήμα (aprósopo ríma) [neuter] (Greek), személytelen ige (Hungarian), ópersónuleg sögn [feminine] (Icelandic), 비인칭 동사 (biinching dongsa) (Korean), vèrbe împèrsonnel [masculine] (Norman), безли́чный глаго́л (bezlíčnyj glagól) [masculine] (Russian), opersonligt verb [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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            "neuter"
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          "word": "απρόσωπο ρήμα"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person",
          "word": "személytelen ige"
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person",
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          "word": "ópersónuleg sögn"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "biinching dongsa",
          "sense": "verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person",
          "word": "비인칭 동사"
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person",
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          "word": "vèrbe împèrsonnel"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "bezlíčnyj glagól",
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          "word": "безли́чный глаго́л"
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    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "απρόσωπο ρήμα"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person",
      "word": "személytelen ige"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ópersónuleg sögn"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "biinching dongsa",
      "sense": "verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person",
      "word": "비인칭 동사"
    },
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vèrbe împèrsonnel"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezlíčnyj glagól",
      "sense": "verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "безли́чный глаго́л"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "verb used only in the infinitive or in the third-person",
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