Meanings
nounfuture participle (plural future participles)
plural future participles
- A part of speech present in some languages (e.g. Latin, Hungarian and Georgian) but not in English that gives a sense of something about to happen.
Latin: Morituri te salutamus. (We, who are about to die, salute you.)
Translations
Dutch toekomend deelwoord
- toekomend deelwoordpart of speech
Finnish partisiipin futuuri
- partisiipin futuuripart of speech
French participe futur
- participe futurpart of speech
Hungarian beálló melléknévi igenév
- beálló melléknévi igenévpart of speech
Japanese 未来分詞
- 未来分詞 (mirai bunshi)part of speech
Polish imiesłów czynny czasu przyszłego
- imiesłów czynny czasu przyszłegopart of speech
Vietnamese tương lai phân từ, phân từ tương lai
- tương lai phân từpart of speech
- phân từ tương laipart of speech
Welsh rhangymeriad dyfodol
- rhangymeriad dyfodolpart of speech
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APA
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MLA
“future participle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/future%20participle. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “future participle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/future%20participle.
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