"middle voice" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} middle voice (uncountable)
  1. A voice that is neither active nor passive, because the subject of the verb cannot be unambiguously categorized as either agent or patient, for having elements of both. Wikipedia link: voice (grammar) Tags: uncountable Synonyms: activo-passive, middle, mediopassive voice Related terms: anticausative Translations (grammatical form): չեզոք սեռ (čʿezokʿ seṙ) (Armenian), tu-etre [masculine] (Breton), 中間語態 (Chinese Mandarin), 中间语态 (zhōngjiān yǔtài) (Chinese Mandarin), medium (Finnish), mediumi (Finnish), voix moyenne [feminine] (French), Medium [neuter] (German), mediális igenem (Hungarian), miðmynd [feminine] (Icelandic), medium [neuter] (Polish), strona zwrotna [feminine] (Polish), voz média [feminine] (Portuguese), diateză medială [feminine] (Romanian), stâd ganol [feminine] (Welsh), stâd ganolig [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-middle_voice-en-noun-g626EdLX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "grammatical form",
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