passive participle

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passive participle

noun passive participles

  1. A participle indicating an ongoing or completed action or state in the passive voice, where a noun modified by the participle is taken to represent the patient of the action denoted by the verb.

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noun passive participle

한국어수동분사 sudongbunsa
日本語受動分詞 judō-bunshi
Françaisparticipe passif
Deutschpassives Partizip
Русскийстрада́тельное прича́стие stradátelʹnoje pričástije
עבריתבֵּינוֹנִי פָּעוּל bēnoní pa'úl

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@misc{passive_participle_2026,
  title = {passive participle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/passive%20participle},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}