Meanings
nounverbal noun (plural verbal nouns)
plural verbal nouns
- grammarA noun that is morphologically related to a verb and similar to it in meaning; in English, it contrasts with the gerund and the deverbal noun.
Synonyms: verbal substantive, nomen verbi, masdar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA noun that is morphologically related to a verb and similar to it in meaning; in English, it contrasts with the gerund and the deverbal noun.
More synonyms by meaning
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Translations
Arabic مَصْدَر
- مَصْدَر (maṣdar)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Bulgarian отглаго́лно съществи́телно
- отглаго́лно съществи́телно (otglagólno săštestvítelno)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Catalan nom verbal
- nom verbalgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Chinese Cantonese 動名詞 /动名词
- 動名詞 /动名词 (dung⁶ ming⁴ ci⁴)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Chinese Mandarin 動名詞 /动名词
- 動名詞 /动名词 (dòngmíngcí)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Czech podstatné jméno slovesné, verbální substantivum
- podstatné jméno slovesnégrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
- verbální substantivumgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Danish verbalsubstantiv
- verbalsubstantivgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Dutch verbaalsubstantief, verbaalnomen
- verbaalsubstantiefgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
- verbaalnomengrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Finnish teonnimi
- teonnimigrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
French nom verbal, nom d'action
- nom verbalgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
- nom d'actiongrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
German Verbalnomen, Verbalsubstantiv
- Verbalnomengrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
- Verbalsubstantivgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Hebrew שם פעולה, שֵׁם פְּעֻלּה
- שם פעולהgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
- שֵׁם פְּעֻלּה (shem-pe'ulá)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Hungarian igéből képzett főnév, deverbális főnév
- igéből képzett főnévgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
- deverbális főnévgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
- nomen actionisgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Irish ainm briathartha
- ainm briatharthagrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Japanese 動名詞
- 動名詞 (dōmeishi)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Korean 동명사
- 동명사 (dongmyeongsa)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Norwegian Bokmål verbalsubstantiv
- verbalsubstantivgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Polish rzeczownik odczasownikowy
- rzeczownik odczasownikowygrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Portuguese substantivo verbal
- substantivo verbalgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Romanian substantiv verbal
- substantiv verbalgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Russian отглаго́льное существи́тельное
- отглаго́льное существи́тельное (otglagólʹnoje suščestvítelʹnoje)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Scottish Gaelic ainmear gnìomhaireach
- ainmear gnìomhaireachgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Slovak slovesné podstatné meno, verbálne substantívum
- slovesné podstatné menogrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
- verbálne substantívumgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Spanish nombre verbal, sustantivo verbal
- nombre verbalgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
- sustantivo verbalgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Swedish verbalsubstantiv
- verbalsubstantivgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Tamil வினைப்பெயர், தொழிற்பெயர்
- வினைப்பெயர் (viṉaippeyar)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
- தொழிற்பெயர் (toḻiṟpeyar)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
- வினையாலணையும்பெயர் (viṉaiyālaṇaiyumpeyar)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Thai อาการนาม
- อาการนาม (aa-gaa-rá-naam)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Turkish ad-fiil, isim-fiil
- ad-fiilgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
- isim-fiilgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
- mastargrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Ukrainian віддієслі́вний іме́нник
- віддієслі́вний іме́нник (viddijeslívnyj iménnyk)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Urdu مَصْدَر, اِسْمِ مَصْدَر
- مَصْدَر (masdar)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
- اِسْمِ مَصْدَر (ism-i masdar)grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Vietnamese động danh từ
- động danh từgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Welsh berfenw
- berfenwgrammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
Cite this entry
APA
verbal noun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbal%20noun
MLA
“verbal noun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbal%20noun. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “verbal noun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/verbal%20noun.
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