Passive
Translations of "passive" (48 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | pësor(grammar: being in the passive voice) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | παθητικός(not active, but acted upon), παθητικός(grammar: being in the passive voice) | pathētikós, pathētikós | |
| Arabic | مَبْنِيٌّ لِلْمَجْهُول(grammar: being in the passive voice) | mabniyyun lilmajhūl | |
| Aramaic | ܚܵܫܘܿܫܵܐ(not active, but acted upon), ܚܵܫܘܿܫܵܐ(grammar: being in the passive voice) | ḥāšōšā, ḥāšōšā | |
| Armenian | կրավորական(grammar: being in the passive voice) | kravorakan | |
| Azerbaijani | məchul(grammar: being in the passive voice) | — | |
| Belarusian | зале́жны(grammar: being in the passive voice), пасы́ўны(not active, but acted upon), пасы́ўны(grammar: being in the passive voice) | zaljéžny, pasýwny, pasýwny | |
| Bulgarian | бездеен(taking no action), паси́вен(not active, but acted upon), паси́вен(grammar: being in the passive voice), страда́телен(grammar: being in the passive voice) | bezdeen, pasíven, pasíven, stradátelen | |
| Catalan | passiu(not active, but acted upon) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 消極 /消极(not active, but acted upon), 被動 /被动(grammar: being in the passive voice), 被動 /被动(psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship) | xiāojí, bèidòng, bèidòng | |
| Czech | pasivní(not active, but acted upon), trpný(grammar: being in the passive voice) | — | |
| Danish | passiv(grammar: being in the passive voice) | — | |
| Dutch | lijdelijk(grammar: being in the passive voice), lijdend(grammar: being in the passive voice), passief(not active, but acted upon), passief(taking no action), passief(grammar: being in the passive voice), passief(psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship), passief(finance: not bearing interest), passief(form of verb) | — | |
| Estonian | loid(not active, but acted upon), loid(taking no action), passiiv(grammar: being in the passive voice) | — | |
| Finnish | koroton(finance: not bearing interest), passiivimuotoinen(grammar: being in the passive voice), passiivinen(not active, but acted upon), passiivinen(taking no action), passiivinen(grammar: being in the passive voice), passiivinen(psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship), passiivi(form of verb), passiivimuoto(form of verb) | — | |
| French | passif(not active, but acted upon), passif(grammar: being in the passive voice) | — | |
| German | leidend(grammar: being in the passive voice), leidentlich(grammar: being in the passive voice), passiv(not active, but acted upon), passiv(taking no action), passiv(grammar: being in the passive voice), passivisch(grammar: being in the passive voice), unterwürfig(psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship), Passiv(form of verb), Passivum(form of verb), passives Verb(form of verb), passives Verbum(form of verb) | — | |
| Greek | παθητική(grammar: being in the passive voice) | pathitikí | |
| Hindi | निष्क्रिय(not active, but acted upon) | niṣkriya | |
| Hungarian | passzív(not active, but acted upon), szenvedő(grammar: being in the passive voice) | — | |
| Irish | céasta(grammar: being in the passive voice), fulangach(taking no action) | — | |
| Italian | passivo(not active, but acted upon), passivo(grammar: being in the passive voice), passivo(psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship) | — | |
| Japanese | 受け身(not active, but acted upon), 受動態(grammar: being in the passive voice), 受動的(not active, but acted upon) | ukemi, judōtai, judōteki | |
| Kannada | ಕರ್ಮಣಿ(grammar: being in the passive voice) | karmaṇi | |
| Kazakh | ырықсыз(grammar: being in the passive voice) | yryqsyz | |
| Korean | 수동태(grammar: being in the passive voice) | sudongtae | |
| Latin | verbum passivum(form of verb), verbum patiendi(form of verb) | — | |
| Lithuanian | pasyvus(not active, but acted upon) | — | |
| Macedonian | пасивен(grammar: being in the passive voice) | pasiven | |
| Middle English | passyf(not active, but acted upon), passyf(taking no action), passyf(grammar: being in the passive voice), passyf(form of verb) | — | |
| Navajo | hoołtsoodii(psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship) | — | |
| Norwegian | passiv(taking no action), passiv(grammar: being in the passive voice) | — | |
| Old English | þrowiendlīċ(not active, but acted upon) | — | |
| Persian | مجهول(grammar: being in the passive voice), منفعل(not active, but acted upon), پاسیو(not active, but acted upon), پاسیو(taking no action) | majhul, monfa'el, pâsiv, pâsiv | |
| Polish | bierny(not active, but acted upon), bierny(taking no action), bierny(grammar: being in the passive voice), strona bierna(form of verb) | — | |
| Portuguese | passivo(not active, but acted upon), passivo(taking no action), passivo(grammar: being in the passive voice), passivo(psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship) | — | |
| Romanian | pasiv(not active, but acted upon) | — | |
| Russian | безде́ятельный(taking no action), пасси́вный(not active, but acted upon), пасси́вный(taking no action), пасси́вный(grammar: being in the passive voice), пасси́вный(psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship), страда́тельный(grammar: being in the passive voice) | bezdéjatelʹnyj, passívnyj, passívnyj, passívnyj, passívnyj, stradátelʹnyj | |
| Scottish Gaelic | fulangach(grammar: being in the passive voice) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | pasivan(grammar: being in the passive voice), trpni(grammar: being in the passive voice), пасиван(grammar: being in the passive voice), трпни(grammar: being in the passive voice) | — | |
| Slovak | nečinný(taking no action), pasívny(not active, but acted upon), pasívny(taking no action), pasívny(psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship), trpný(grammar: being in the passive voice), pasívum(form of verb) | — | |
| Slovene | pasiven(grammar: being in the passive voice), trpen(grammar: being in the passive voice) | — | |
| Spanish | pasivo(not active, but acted upon), pasivo(psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship) | — | |
| Swedish | passiv(not active, but acted upon), passiv(taking no action), passiv(grammar: being in the passive voice) | — | |
| Tagalog | balintiyak(grammar: being in the passive voice) | — | |
| Turkish | edilgen(grammar: being in the passive voice), pasif(grammar: being in the passive voice), pasif(psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship) | — | |
| Ukrainian | паси́вний(not active, but acted upon), паси́вний(grammar: being in the passive voice) | pasývnyj, pasývnyj | |
| Vietnamese | bị động(not active, but acted upon), bị động(grammar: being in the passive voice), thụ động(taking no action) | — |
pësor
məchul
passiu
pasivní, trpný
passiv
lijdelijk, lijdend, passief, passief, passief, passief, passief, passief
loid, loid, passiiv
koroton, passiivimuotoinen, passiivinen, passiivinen, passiivinen, passiivinen, passiivi, passiivimuoto
passif, passif
leidend, leidentlich, passiv, passiv, passiv, passivisch, unterwürfig, Passiv, Passivum, passives Verb, passives Verbum
passzív, szenvedő
céasta, fulangach
passivo, passivo, passivo
verbum passivum, verbum patiendi
pasyvus
passyf, passyf, passyf, passyf
hoołtsoodii
passiv, passiv
þrowiendlīċ
bierny, bierny, bierny, strona bierna
passivo, passivo, passivo, passivo
pasiv
безде́ятельный, пасси́вный, пасси́вный, пасси́вный, пасси́вный, страда́тельный
bezdéjatelʹnyj, passívnyj, passívnyj, passívnyj, passívnyj, stradátelʹnyj
fulangach
pasivan, trpni, пасиван, трпни
nečinný, pasívny, pasívny, pasívny, trpný, pasívum
pasiven, trpen
pasivo, pasivo
passiv, passiv, passiv
balintiyak
edilgen, pasif, pasif
bị động, bị động, thụ động
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.