"non-finite verb" meaning in English

See non-finite verb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: non-finite verbs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} non-finite verb (plural non-finite verbs)
  1. (grammar) A verb form that lacks a subject, is not inflected by tense, aspect, mood, number, gender or person and cannot serve as a predicate. Wikipedia link: non-finite verb Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: verbal, verbid, nonfinite verb Translations (verb form that lacks a subject): 非限定動詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 非限定动词 (fēi-xiàndìngdòngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), verbum infinitum [neuter] (Dutch), infiniet werkwoord [neuter] (Dutch), infiniittiverbi (Finnish), verbe non fini [masculine] (French), infinites Verb [neuter] (German), igenév (Hungarian), ragozatlan igealak (Hungarian), verbo infinito [masculine] (Italian), 準動詞 (jundōshi) (alt: じゅんどうし) (Japanese), verbo não finito [masculine] (Portuguese), verbo no finito [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "non-finite verbs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "non-finite verb (plural non-finite verbs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "finite verb"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "en:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A verb form that lacks a subject, is not inflected by tense, aspect, mood, number, gender or person and cannot serve as a predicate."
      ],
      "id": "en-non-finite_verb-en-noun-2lDZabQT",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb"
        ],
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ],
        [
          "inflect",
          "inflect"
        ],
        [
          "tense",
          "tense"
        ],
        [
          "aspect",
          "aspect"
        ],
        [
          "mood",
          "mood"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ],
        [
          "gender",
          "gender"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "predicate",
          "predicate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) A verb form that lacks a subject, is not inflected by tense, aspect, mood, number, gender or person and cannot serve as a predicate."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "verbal"
        },
        {
          "word": "verbid"
        },
        {
          "word": "nonfinite verb"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
          "word": "非限定動詞"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fēi-xiàndìngdòngcí",
          "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
          "word": "非限定动词"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "verbum infinitum"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "infiniet werkwoord"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
          "word": "infiniittiverbi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "verbe non fini"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "infinites Verb"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
          "word": "igenév"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
          "word": "ragozatlan igealak"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "verbo infinito"
        },
        {
          "alt": "じゅんどうし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jundōshi",
          "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
          "word": "準動詞"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "verbo não finito"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "verbo no finito"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "non-finite verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "non-finite verb"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "non-finite verbs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "non-finite verb (plural non-finite verbs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "finite verb"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A verb form that lacks a subject, is not inflected by tense, aspect, mood, number, gender or person and cannot serve as a predicate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "verb",
          "verb"
        ],
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ],
        [
          "inflect",
          "inflect"
        ],
        [
          "tense",
          "tense"
        ],
        [
          "aspect",
          "aspect"
        ],
        [
          "mood",
          "mood"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ],
        [
          "gender",
          "gender"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "predicate",
          "predicate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) A verb form that lacks a subject, is not inflected by tense, aspect, mood, number, gender or person and cannot serve as a predicate."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "verbal"
        },
        {
          "word": "verbid"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "non-finite verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "nonfinite verb"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
      "word": "非限定動詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēi-xiàndìngdòngcí",
      "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
      "word": "非限定动词"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "verbum infinitum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "infiniet werkwoord"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
      "word": "infiniittiverbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verbe non fini"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "infinites Verb"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
      "word": "igenév"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
      "word": "ragozatlan igealak"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verbo infinito"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅんどうし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jundōshi",
      "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
      "word": "準動詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verbo não finito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "verb form that lacks a subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verbo no finito"
    }
  ],
  "word": "non-finite verb"
}

Download raw JSONL data for non-finite verb meaning in English (3.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.