Intransitive

//ɪnˈtɹænsətɪv//

Synonyms for "intransitive" (42 found)

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Noun(1 words)
intransitive verb

Related words (21)

Adjective(2 words)
neuternontransitive

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8 relation types

More general

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

58 translations across 50 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • jokalimtar adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀμετάβατος adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Arabic

1 entries
  • لَازِم adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Armenian

1 entries
  • անանցողական adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • неперахо́дны adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Bengali

1 entries
  • অকর্মক ক্রিয়া adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • непрехо́ден adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Catalan

1 entries
  • intransitiu adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 不及物 adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Czech

1 entries
  • nepřechodný adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Danish

1 entries
  • intransitiv adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Dutch

2 entries
  • intransitief adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)
  • onovergangelijk adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • netransitiva adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Finnish

1 entries
  • intransitiivinen adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

French

1 entries
  • intransitif adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Galician

1 entries
  • intransitivo adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Georgian

1 entries
  • გარდაუვალი adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

German

1 entries
  • intransitiv adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Greek

1 entries
  • αμετάβατος adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • tárgyatlan adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • áhrifslaus adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Ido

1 entries
  • netransitiva adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Irish

1 entries
  • neamhaistreach adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Italian

1 entries
  • intransitivo adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 自動 adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Korean

1 entries
  • 자동 adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Latin

1 entries
  • intransitīvus adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • непреоден adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • അകർമ്മകം adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)
  • അകർമ്മക്രിയ adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • эс тусах adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)
  • үл тусах adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Norman

1 entries
  • întransitif adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • intransitiv adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Polish

1 entries
  • nieprzechodni adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • intransitivo adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Romanian

1 entries
  • intranzitiv adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Russian

1 entries
  • неперехо́дный adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • अकर्मक adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • anasdolach adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)
  • neo-aisigeach adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)
  • neo-chuspaireach adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nȅprelāzan adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)
  • nȅprijelāzan adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)
  • не̏прела̄зан adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)
  • не̏пријела̄зан adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Slovak

1 entries
  • neprechodný adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Slovene

1 entries
  • neprehoden adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Spanish

1 entries
  • intransitivo adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Swedish

1 entries
  • intransitiv adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • katawanin adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Turkish

1 entries
  • geçişsiz adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • неперехідни́й adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nội adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Volapük

1 entries
  • neloveädik adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cyflawn adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • nêravêrde adj (of a verb, not taking a direct object)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A complete intransitive verb takes neither complement nor object.

Source: tatoeba (328554)

With verbs there are intransitive verbs that don't take an object, and transitive verbs that do take an object.

Source: tatoeba (328556)

An intransitive verb is a verb that can have a direct complement (direct object).

Source: tatoeba (10510991)

Tom doesn't understand the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.

Source: tatoeba (10510993)

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