participle
UK/pɑːˈtɪsɪpəl//ˈpɑɹtɪˌsɪpəl/
participle noun: a form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.
Noun
participle (plural participles)
- A form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.
participle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
participle in Hindi
- verb form
- कृदंत kŕdant
participle in Tamil
- பெயரடை வினை, வினையெச்சம்
participle in Urdu
- participle
- حالیہ hāliya
participle in Malayalam
- അപൂർണ്ണക്രിയ, പേരെച്ച വിനയെച്ചങ്ങൾ, ക്രിയാബന്ധം
More languagesFewer languages
- participle in Sinhala
- කෘදන්ත
- participle in Tagalog
- pandiwari
- participle in Arabic
- اِسْم فَاعِل ism fāʕil, اِسْم مَفْعُول ism mafʕūl
- participle in Malay
- partisipel
- participle in Indonesian
- partisip
- participle in Thai
- รูปกริยาขยาย
- participle in Vietnamese
- phân từ
Examples of participle in a sentence
- "To buy" is an irregular English verb: its past simple and past participle tense is "bought".
- The archaic past participle shapen is only used in misshapen, ill-shapen, and well-shapen (the latter two are much less common, though).
- The active periphrastic conjugation in Latin is formed by using the future active participle and the appropriate form of "esse".
Forms of participle
| plural | participles |
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Origin of participle
From Middle English participle, from Old French participle (1388), variant of participe, from Latin participium.
Words formed from participle
Phrases with participle
- past participle
- agent participle
- active participle
- future participle
- verbal participle
- hanging participle
- passive participle
- perfect participle
- present participle
- dangling participle
- adverbial participle
- past active participle
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Questions about participle
- What does participle mean?
- Participle means a form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.
- What is participle in Hindi?
- Participle in Hindi is कृदंत (kŕdant). See Participle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is participle?
- Participle is a noun.
- How do you pronounce participle?
- Participle is pronounced /pɑːˈtɪsɪpəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of participle?
- The plural of participle is participles.
Words near participle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: participle (page history and authors); participle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); حالیہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); participle (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); participle (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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