Meanings
nounadverbial participle (plural adverbial participles)
plural adverbial participles
- grammarA participle that modifies a verb in the same sentence and is equivalent to an adverbial clause in English. Adverbial participles may denote time, condition, cause, concession, manner, means, purpose, or attendant circumstance.
Translations
Bulgarian дееприча́стие
- дееприча́стие (deepričástie)linguistic sense
Chinese Mandarin 副動詞 /副动词
- 副動詞 /副动词 (fùdòngcí)linguistic sense
Czech přechodník
- přechodníklinguistic sense
Finnish adverbiaalipartisiippi
- adverbiaalipartisiippilinguistic sense
French gérondif
- gérondiflinguistic sense
German Adverbialpartizip, Transgressiv
- Adverbialpartiziplinguistic sense
- Transgressivlinguistic sense
Hungarian határozói igenév
- határozói igenévlinguistic sense
Japanese 副動詞
- 副動詞 (fukudōshi)linguistic sense
Korean 부동사
- 부동사 (budongsa)linguistic sense
Lithuanian padalyvis
- padalyvislinguistic sense
Polish imiesłów przysłówkowy
- imiesłów przysłówkowylinguistic sense
Russian дееприча́стие
- дееприча́стие (dejepričástije)linguistic sense
Slovak prechodník
- prechodníklinguistic sense
Spanish gerundio
- gerundiolinguistic sense
Ukrainian дієприслі́вник
- дієприслі́вник (dijepryslívnyk)linguistic sense
Cite this entry
APA
adverbial participle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adverbial%20participle
MLA
“adverbial participle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adverbial%20participle. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adverbial participle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adverbial%20participle.
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