Meanings
nounmiddle voice (uncountable)
- uncountablegrammarA voice that is neither active nor passive, because the subject of the verb cannot be unambiguously categorized as either agent or patient, having elements of both.
Synonyms: activo-passive, middle, mediopassive voice
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA voice that is neither active nor passive, because the subject of the verb cannot be unambiguously categorized as either agent or patient, having elements of both.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 中間語態 /中间语态, 中動態 /中动态
- 中間語態 /中间语态 (zhōngjiān yǔtài)grammatical form
- 中動態 /中动态 (zhōngdòngtài)grammatical form
Finnish medium, mediumi
- mediumgrammatical form
- mediumigrammatical form
French voix moyenne
- voix moyennegrammatical form
German Medium
- Mediumgrammatical form
Greek μέση φωνή
- μέση φωνή (mési foní)grammatical form
Hungarian mediális igenem
- mediális igenemgrammatical form
Icelandic miðmynd, miðmynd sagna
- miðmyndgrammatical form
- miðmynd sagnagrammatical form
Italian diatesi media, forma media
- diatesi mediagrammatical form
- forma mediagrammatical form
Polish medium, strona zwrotna
- mediumgrammatical form
- strona zwrotnagrammatical form
Portuguese voz média
- voz médiagrammatical form
Romanian diateză medială
- diateză medialăgrammatical form
Spanish voz media
- voz mediagrammatical form
Welsh stâd ganol, stâd ganolig
- stâd ganolgrammatical form
- stâd ganoliggrammatical form
Cite this entry
APA
middle voice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/middle%20voice
MLA
“middle voice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/middle%20voice. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “middle voice,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/middle%20voice.
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