Meanings
nounactive participle (plural active participles)
plural active participles
- grammarA participle indicating an ongoing or completed action or state in the active voice, where a noun modified by the participle is taken to represent the agent of the action denoted by the verb.
Translations
Arabic اِسْم فَاعِل
- اِسْم فَاعِل (ism fāʕil)active participle
Finnish aktiivin partisiippi
- aktiivin partisiippiactive participle
German aktives Partizip
- aktives Partizipactive participle
Hebrew בֵּינוֹנִי פּוֹעֵל
- בֵּינוֹנִי פּוֹעֵל (bēnoní po'él)active participle
Japanese 能動分詞
- 能動分詞 (nōdōbunshi)active participle
Polish imiesłów czynny
- imiesłów czynnyactive participle
Portuguese particípio ativo
- particípio ativoactive participle
Russian действи́тельное прича́стие
- действи́тельное прича́стие (dejstvítelʹnoje pričástije)active participle
Spanish participio activo
- participio activoactive participle
Turkish aktif ortaç, aktif mastar
- aktif ortaçactive participle
- aktif mastaractive participle
- aktif sıfat-fiiliactive participle
Vietnamese phân từ chủ động
- phân từ chủ độngactive participle
Welsh rhangymeriad gweithredol
- rhangymeriad gweithredolactive participle
Cite this entry
APA
active participle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/active%20participle
MLA
“active participle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/active%20participle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “active participle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/active%20participle.
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