part of speech
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part of speech
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From Middle English parte of spech, a calque of Latin pars ōrātiōnis.
noun parts of speech
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A linguistic category of words sharing syntactic or morphological behaviour and semantic properties, such as noun or verb.
PARTS OF SPEECH. There are ten parts of speech, viz. Article, Substantive or Noun, Adjective, Numeral, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection.
Similar: lexical category, lexical class, syntactic category, word class
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noun linguistic category of words sharing syntactic or morphological behaviour and semantic properties
| Español | categoría gramatical, categoría morfosintáctica, parte de la oración |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 품사 pumsa, 어류 eoryu |
| 日本語 | 品詞 hinshi, 語類 gorui |
| 中文 | 詞類 /词类 cílèi, 詞性 /词性 cíxìng |
| हिन्दी | शब्द भेद śabd bhed |
| Português | classe gramatical |
| Français | classe lexicale, partie du discours, classe grammaticale, nature |
| Deutsch | Wortart, Wortklasse, Redeteil, Sprachteil |
| Italiano | parte del discorso |
| Ελληνικά | μέρος του λόγου méros tou lógou |
| Română | parte de vorbire |
| Русский | часть ре́чи častʹ réči |
| Tiếng Việt | từ loại |
| العربية | جُزْء كَلَام juzʔ kalām, قَسْم كَلَام qasm kalām |
| עברית | חלק דיבור, חֵלֶק דִּבּוּר khélek dibúr |
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title = {part of speech},
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