verbal noun

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verbal noun

noun verbal nouns

  1. A noun that is morphologically related to a verb and similar to it in meaning; in English, it contrasts with the gerund and the deverbal noun.

    Similar: verbal substantive, nomen verbi, masdar

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noun grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning

Españolnombre verbal, sustantivo verbal
한국어동명사 dongmyeongsa
日本語動名詞 dōmeishi
中文動名詞 /动名词 dòngmíngcí
Portuguêssubstantivo verbal
Françaisnom verbal, nom d'action
DeutschVerbalnomen, Verbalsubstantiv
Românăsubstantiv verbal
Русскийотглаго́льное существи́тельное otglagólʹnoje suščestvítelʹnoje
Tiếng Việtđộng danh từ
العربيةمَصْدَر maṣdar
עבריתשם פעולה, שֵׁם פְּעֻלּה shem-pe'ulá

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@misc{verbal_noun_2026,
  title = {verbal noun},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/verbal%20noun},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}