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verbal noun

verbal noun noun: 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.

Noun

verbal noun (plural 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.

verbal noun meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

verbal noun in Tamil

grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
வினைப்பெயர் viṉaippeyar, தொழிற்பெயர் toḻiṟpeyar, வினையாலணையும்பெயர் viṉaiyālaṇaiyumpeyar

verbal noun in Urdu

grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
مَصْدَر masdar, اِسْمِ مَصْدَر ism-i masdar

verbal noun in Telugu

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

verbal noun in Malayalam

grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
ക്രിയാനാമം kriyānāmaṁ
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verbal noun in Arabic
مَصْدَر maṣdar
verbal noun in Thai
อาการนาม aa-gaa-rá-naam
verbal noun in Vietnamese
động danh từ

Synonyms of verbal noun

Forms of verbal noun

pluralverbal nouns

Questions about verbal noun

What does verbal noun mean?
Verbal noun means 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.
What is verbal noun in Tamil?
Verbal noun in Tamil is வினைப்பெயர் (viṉaippeyar), தொழிற்பெயர் (toḻiṟpeyar), வினையாலணையும்பெயர் (viṉaiyālaṇaiyumpeyar). See Verbal noun meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is verbal noun?
Verbal noun is a noun.
What is the plural of verbal noun?
The plural of verbal noun is verbal nouns.

Words near verbal noun in the dictionary

  1. verbal diarrhea
  2. verbal diarrhoea
  3. verbal humiliation
  4. verbal note
  5. verbal notes
  6. verbal noun
  7. verbal nouns
  8. verbal overshadowing
  9. verbal participle
  10. verbal participles
  11. verbal substantive

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