There are two ways of using the infinitive as an adjective, 1. attributive, 2. predicative. Naturally 2. is a subject complement.
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Infinitive
//ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv//
Synonyms for "infinitive" (4 found)
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4 entriesderived
11 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
91 translations across 56 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- infinitief noun (uninflected verb form)
Albanian
2 entries- paskajore noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- paskajore noun (uninflected verb form)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀπαρέμφατος noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- ἀπαρέμφατος noun (uninflected verb form)
Arabic
1 entries- مَصْدَر noun (uninflected verb form)
Armenian
1 entries- անորոշ դերբայ noun (uninflected verb form)
Asturian
1 entries- infinitivu noun (uninflected verb form)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- məsdər noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
Belarusian
2 entries- нявызна́чаная фо́рма noun (uninflected verb form)
- інфініты́ў noun (uninflected verb form)
Bulgarian
2 entries- инфинити́в noun (uninflected verb form)
- неопределе́на фо́рма noun (uninflected verb form)
Catalan
1 entries- infinitiu noun (uninflected verb form)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 不定詞 /不定词 noun (uninflected verb form)
Czech
3 entries- infinitiv noun (uninflected verb form)
- neurčitek noun (uninflected verb form)
- neurčitý způsob noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
Danish
3 entries- infinitiv noun (uninflected verb form)
- navneform noun (uninflected verb form)
- navnemåde noun (uninflected verb form)
Dutch
2 entries- infinitief noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- onbepaalde wijs noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
Esperanto
2 entries- infinitivo noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- infinitivo noun (uninflected verb form)
Estonian
2 entries- infinitiiv noun (uninflected verb form)
- tegevusnimi noun (uninflected verb form)
Faroese
1 entries- navnháttur noun (uninflected verb form)
Finnish
1 entries- infinitiivi noun (uninflected verb form)
French
1 entries- infinitif noun (uninflected verb form)
Galician
2 entries- infinitivo noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- infinitivo noun (uninflected verb form)
Georgian
1 entries- ინფინიტივი noun (uninflected verb form)
German
2 entries- Infinitiv noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- Infinitiv noun (uninflected verb form)
Greek
1 entries- απαρέμφατο noun (uninflected verb form)
Hebrew
3 entries- מָקוֹר noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- שֵׁם פֹּעַל noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- שֵׁם פֹּעַל noun (uninflected verb form)
Hungarian
1 entries- főnévi igenév noun (uninflected verb form)
Icelandic
2 entries- nafnháttur noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- nafnháttur noun (uninflected verb form)
Ido
1 entries- infinitivo noun (uninflected verb form)
Italian
1 entries- infinito noun (uninflected verb form)
Japanese
1 entries- 不定詞 noun (uninflected verb form)
Kazakh
1 entries- инфинитив noun (uninflected verb form)
Korean
1 entries- 부정사 noun (uninflected verb form)
Latin
4 entries- aparemphatum noun (uninflected verb form)
- infinitivus noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- modus infinitivus noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- modus perpetuus noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
Latvian
1 entries- nenoteiksme noun (uninflected verb form)
Lithuanian
1 entries- bendratis noun (uninflected verb form)
Macedonian
1 entries- и́нфинитив noun (uninflected verb form)
Navajo
1 entries- bee áhodoonííł saad noun (uninflected verb form)
Norman
1 entries- înfinnitif noun (uninflected verb form)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- infinitiv noun (uninflected verb form)
Persian
1 entries- مصدر noun (uninflected verb form)
Polish
2 entries- bezokolicznik noun (uninflected verb form)
- infinitiwus noun (uninflected verb form)
Portuguese
2 entries- infinitivo noun (uninflected verb form)
- infinito noun (uninflected verb form)
Romanian
1 entries- infinitiv noun (uninflected verb form)
Russian
2 entries- инфинити́в noun (uninflected verb form)
- неопределённая фо́рма noun (uninflected verb form)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- infinitiv noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- infinitiv noun (uninflected verb form)
- инфинитив noun (uninflected verb form)
Slovak
2 entries- infinitív noun (uninflected verb form)
- neurčitok noun (uninflected verb form)
Slovene
2 entries- nedoločnik noun (uninflected verb form)
- ínfinitiv noun (uninflected verb form)
Spanish
1 entries- infinitivo noun (uninflected verb form)
Swahili
1 entries- kitenzi jina noun (uninflected verb form)
Swedish
2 entries- infinitiv noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- obestämmt sätt noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
Tagalog
3 entries- panaganong pawatas noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- pawatas noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- pawatas noun (uninflected verb form)
Thai
1 entries- รูปกริยากลาง noun (uninflected verb form)
Turkish
3 entries- eylemlik noun (uninflected verb form)
- isim-fiil noun (uninflected verb form)
- mastar noun (uninflected verb form)
Ukrainian
3 entries- дієйме́нник noun (uninflected verb form)
- невизна́чена фо́рма noun (uninflected verb form)
- інфініти́в noun (uninflected verb form)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lối vô định noun (uninflected verb form)
Welsh
3 entries- annherfynol noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
- berf annherfynol noun (uninflected verb form)
- modd annherfynol noun (a mood or mode of verbs)
Yiddish
1 entries- אינפֿיניטיוו noun (uninflected verb form)
Sample sentences
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'Needless to say' is often used as an idiomatic expression in the infinitive.
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An infinitive without a 'to' attached is called a bare infinitive.
Source: tatoeba (329517)
Maybe, I need to use some infinitive construction?
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