"reflexive verb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reflexive verbs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} reflexive verb (plural reflexive verbs)
  1. A verb whose subject and direct object are the same. Wikipedia link: reflexive verb Related terms: pronominal verb Translations (verb with equivalent subject and direct object): зваро́тны дзеясло́ў (zvarótny dzjejaslóŭ) [masculine] (Belarusian), възвра́тен глаго́л (vǎzvráten glagól) [masculine] (Bulgarian), verb reflexiu [masculine] (Catalan), 反身動詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 反身动词 (fǎnshēn dòngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), zvratné sloveso [neuter] (Czech), reflexivum [neuter] (Czech), refleksiv verbum [neuter] (Danish), wederkerend werkwoord [neuter] (Dutch), enesekohane tegusõna (Estonian), refleksiiviverbi (Finnish), verbe réfléchi [masculine] (French), უკუქცევითი ზმნა (uḳukceviti zmna) (Georgian), reflexives Verb [neuter] (German), Reflexivverb [neuter] (German), rückbezügliches Verb [neuter] (German), rückbezügliches Zeitwort [neuter] (German), visszaható ige (Hungarian), afturbeygð sögn [feminine] (Icelandic), verbo riflessivo [masculine] (Italian), 再帰動詞 (saiki dōshi) (alt: さいきどうし) (Japanese), 재귀동사 (jaegwidongsa) (alt: 再歸動詞) (Korean), рефлекси́вен глагол (refleksíven glagol) [masculine] (Macedonian), vèrbe réfliéchi [masculine] (Norman), refleksiv verb [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), czasownik zwrotny [masculine] (Polish), verbo reflexivo [masculine] (Portuguese), verb reflexiv [neuter] (Romanian), возвра́тный глаго́л (vozvrátnyj glagól) [masculine] (Russian), рефлекси́вный глаго́л (refleksívnyj glagól) [masculine] (Russian), повратни глагол [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), povratni glagol [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zvratné sloveso [neuter] (Slovak), povratni glagol [masculine] (Slovene), verbo reflexivo [masculine] (Spanish), reflexiv verb [neuter] (Swedish), dönüşlü eylem (Turkish), зворо́тне дієсло́во (zvorótne dijeslóvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), рефлекси́вне дієсло́во (refleksývne dijeslóvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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          "word": "dönüşlü eylem"
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zvarótny dzjejaslóŭ",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzvráten glagól",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "възвра́тен глаго́л"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "word": "反身動詞"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎnshēn dòngcí",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "refleksiv verbum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wederkerend werkwoord"
    },
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "word": "enesekohane tegusõna"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "word": "refleksiiviverbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verbe réfléchi"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uḳukceviti zmna",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "word": "უკუქცევითი ზმნა"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "reflexives Verb"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rückbezügliches Verb"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "word": "visszaható ige"
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "afturbeygð sögn"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
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      "alt": "さいきどうし",
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      "word": "재귀동사"
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      "roman": "refleksíven glagol",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "рефлекси́вен глагол"
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      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "refleksiv verb"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "roman": "vozvrátnyj glagól",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "возвра́тный глаго́л"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "refleksívnyj glagól",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рефлекси́вный глаго́л"
    },
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
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      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "word": "dönüşlü eylem"
    },
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zvorótne dijeslóvo",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зворо́тне дієсло́во"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "refleksývne dijeslóvo",
      "sense": "verb with equivalent subject and direct object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "рефлекси́вне дієсло́во"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reflexive verb"
}

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