"preverb" meaning in English

See preverb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: preverbs [plural]
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  1. (grammar) A separable verb prefix or a particle that precedes a verb.
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  2. (grammar) Any of a class of words in the Chinese language whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions, and postpositions of other languages. Translations (word class): 动介词 (dòng jiècí) (Chinese Mandarin), ზმნისწინი (zmnisc̣ini) (Georgian), Präverb (German), igekötő (Hungarian), preverbo [masculine] (Italian), prefiksoid [masculine] (Polish), przedrostek czasownikowy [masculine] (Polish), преве́рб (prevérb) [masculine] (Russian), preverbo [masculine] (Spanish), rhagferf [feminine] (Welsh)
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  3. (grammar) A verbal prefix in the Algonquin languages whose function is analogous to the adjective of other languages. Translations (verbal prefix): preverbi [masculine] (Catalan), préverbe [masculine] (French), igekötő (Hungarian), preverbo [masculine] (Italian), prefiksoid [masculine] (Polish), przedrostek czasownikowy [masculine] (Polish), pré-verbo [masculine] (Portuguese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: coverb

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