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gerundial

gerundial adjective: pertaining to or behaving like a gerund.

Adjective

gerundial (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to or behaving like a gerund.
    • the gerundial suffix -ing in the English language
    Synonyms:
    gerundal, gerundive

Synonyms of gerundial

Origin of gerundial

From Latin gerundium + -al. By surface analysis, gerund + -ial.

Words formed from gerundial

Questions about gerundial

What does gerundial mean?
Gerundial means pertaining to or behaving like a gerund.
What part of speech is gerundial?
Gerundial is an adjective.

Words near gerundial in the dictionary

  1. gerund-grinding
  2. gerund-participle
  3. gerund-participles
  4. gerundal
  5. gerundally
  6. gerundial
  7. gerundially
  8. gerundival
  9. gerundive
  10. gerundively
  11. gerundives

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