indirect object

noun

A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that manifests a secondary or passive participant in an action, often a recipient or goal.

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Meanings

nounindirect object (plural indirect objects)

plural indirect objects

  1. grammarA grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that manifests a secondary or passive participant in an action, often a recipient or goal.
  2. grammarThe object of a monotransitive verb that it is not in the accusative case, especially when it is in the dative case.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 間接賓語 /间接宾语
  • 間接賓語 /间接宾语 (jiànjiē bīnyǔ)grammatical term
Danish hensynsled
  • hensynsledgrammatical term
Dutch meewerkend voorwerp
  • meewerkend voorwerpgrammatical term
Finnish epäsuora objekti
  • epäsuora objektigrammatical term
French complément d'objet indirect, COI
  • complément d'objet indirectgrammatical term
  • COIgrammatical term
  • objet indirectgrammatical term
  • complément d'objet secondgrammatical term
German indirektes Objekt, Dativobjekt
  • indirektes Objektgrammatical term
  • Dativobjektgrammatical term
Hungarian részeshatározó, részestárgy
  • részeshatározógrammatical term
  • részestárgygrammatical term
  • indirekt tárgygrammatical term
  • közvetett tárgygrammatical term
Icelandic óbeint andlag
  • óbeint andlaggrammatical term
Italian complementi oggetto indiretto, oggetto indiretto
  • complementi oggetto indirettogrammatical term
  • oggetto indirettogrammatical term
  • complemento indirettogrammatical term
Japanese 間接目的語
  • 間接目的語 (kansetsu mokutekigo)grammatical term
Latin res obliqua
  • res obliquagrammatical term
Malay objek sipi
  • objek sipigrammatical term
Polish dopełnienie dalsze
  • dopełnienie dalszegrammatical term
Portuguese objeto indireto
  • objeto indiretogrammatical term
Romanian obiect indirect
  • obiect indirectgrammatical term
Russian ко́свенное дополне́ние
  • ко́свенное дополне́ние (kósvennoje dopolnénije)grammatical term
Spanish complemento indirecto, objeto indirecto
  • complemento indirectogrammatical term
  • objeto indirectogrammatical term
Swedish dativobjekt, indirekt objekt
  • dativobjektgrammatical term
  • indirekt objektgrammatical term
Thai กรรมรอง
  • กรรมรองgrammatical term
Turkish dolaylı tümleç, dolaylı nesne
  • dolaylı tümleçgrammatical term
  • dolaylı nesnegrammatical term
Welsh gwrthrych anuniongyrchol
  • gwrthrych anuniongyrcholgrammatical term
Cite this entry
APA

indirect object. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indirect%20object

MLA

“indirect object.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indirect%20object. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indirect object,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indirect%20object.

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