"passive participle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: passive participles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} passive participle (plural passive participles)
  1. (grammar) A participle indicating an ongoing or completed action or state in the passive voice, where a noun modified by the participle is taken to represent the patient of the action denoted by the verb. Wikipedia link: passive participle Categories (topical): Grammar Derived forms: participial [passive] Translations (passive participle): participe passif [masculine] (French), passives Partizip [neuter] (German), 受動分詞 (judō-bunshi) (alt: じゅどうぶんし) (Japanese), imiesłów przymiotnikowy bierny [masculine] (Polish), страда́тельное прича́стие (stradátelʹnoje pričástije) [neuter] (Russian), rhangymeriad goddefol [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-passive_participle-en-noun-Rci9ETyy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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