participle

Meanings

nounparticiple (plural participles)

plural participles

grammarA form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

Similar

participial

Broader

verb

Also see

participial

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Latinparticipium
Old Frenchparticiple
Middle Englishparticiple
Englishparticiple

From Middle English participle, from Old French participle (1388), variant of participe, from Latin participium.

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Translations

Afrikaans deelwoord

deelwoordverb form

Ancient Greek μετοχή

μετοχή (metokhḗ)verb form

Arabic اِسْم فَاعِل, اِسْم مَفْعُول

اِسْم فَاعِل (ism fāʕil)verb form
اِسْم مَفْعُول (ism mafʕūl)verb form

Basque partizipio

partizipioverb form

Bulgarian прича́стие

прича́стие (pričástie)verb form

Catalan participi

participiverb form

Chinese Cantonese 分詞 /分词

分詞 /分词 (fan¹ ci⁴)verb form

Chinese Mandarin 分詞 /分词

分詞 /分词 (fēncí)verb form

Czech příčestí, participium

příčestíverb form
participiumverb form

Danish participium, tillægsform

participiumverb form
tillægsformverb form

Dutch deelwoord

deelwoordverb form

Esperanto participo

participoverb form

Estonian kesksõna

kesksõnaverb form

Finnish partisiippi

partisiippiverb form

French participe

participeverb form

German Mittelwort, Partizip

Mittelwortverb form
Partizipverb form
Partizipiumverb form

Greek μετοχή

μετοχή (metochí)verb form

Hebrew בֵּינוֹנִי

בֵּינוֹנִי (benoní)verb form

Hindi कृदंत

कृदंत (kŕdant)verb form

Hungarian melléknévi igenév

melléknévi igenévverb form

Icelandic lýsingarháttur

lýsingarhátturverb form

Indonesian partisip

partisipverb form

Irish rangabháil

rangabháilverb form

Italian participio

participioverb form

Japanese 分詞

分詞 (bunshi)verb form

Korean 분사

분사 (bunsa)verb form

Latin participium

participiumverb form

Latvian divdabis, particips

divdabisverb form
participsverb form

Lithuanian dalyvis

dalyvisverb form

Malay partisipel

partisipelverb form

Norwegian Bokmål partisipp

partisippverb form

Polish imiesłów

imiesłówverb form

Portuguese particípio

particípioverb form

Romanian participiu

participiuverb form

Russian прича́стие

прича́стие (pričástije)verb form

Scottish Gaelic rann-phàirt

rann-phàirtverb form

Slovak príčastie, particípium

príčastieverb form
particípiumverb form

Spanish participio

participioverb form

Swedish particip

participverb form

Tagalog pandiwari

pandiwariverb form

Thai รูปกริยาขยาย

รูปกริยาขยายverb form

Turkish ortaç, durum ortacı

ortaçverb form
durum ortacıverb form
sıfat-fiilverb form
partisipverb form

Ukrainian дієприкме́тник

дієприкме́тник (dijeprykmétnyk)verb form

Vietnamese phân từ

phân từverb form

Welsh rhangymeriad

rhangymeriadverb form

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participle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/participle

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“participle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/participle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “participle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/participle.

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