English Explanatory Dictionary

passive voice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The form of a transitive verb in which its subject receives the action.
  2. Any writing which obscures the identity of the perpetrator of an action, regardless of whether the sentence uses the passive form of a verb.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-passive voice.wav

Word forms

passive voice passive voices

Antonyms

active voice

Translations

Afrikaans: lydende vorm Afrikaans: passief Albanian: pësore Arabic: صِيغَة مَجْهُول Arabic: مَبْنِي مَجْهُول Armenian: կրավորական սեռ Belarusian: зале́жны стан Belarusian: пасі́ўны стан Belarusian: пасы́ўны стан Breton: tu-gouzañv Bulgarian: страда́телен зало́г Bulgarian: паси́вен зало́г Chinese Mandarin: 被動語態 /被动语态 Crimean Tatar: etilgen derece Czech: trpný rod Czech: pasivum Danish: passiv Danish: lideform Dutch: lijdende vorm Dutch: passief Esperanto: pasiva voĉo Estonian: passiiv Estonian: umbisikuline tegumood Finnish: passiivi French: voix passive Georgian: ვნებითი გვარი German: Leideform German: Leidform German: Leidensform German: Passiv German: Passivum German: Passivform Greek: παθητική φωνή Hungarian: passzívum Icelandic: þolmynd Icelandic: þolmynd sagna Irish: faí chéasta Italian: diatesi passiva Italian: forma passiva Italian: passivo Japanese: 受動態 Japanese: 受身 Japanese: 所相 Kazakh: ырықсыз етіс Korean: 수동태 Latin: genus passivum Latin: passivum Latvian: ciešamā kārta Latvian: pasīvs Lithuanian: neveikiamoji rūšis Lithuanian: pasyvas Macedonian: пасив Malay: ragam pasif Malayalam: കർമ്മണിപ്രയോഗം Māori: whakahāngū Mongolian: үйлдэгдэх хэв Mongolian: ᠦᠢᠯᠡᠳᠦᠭᠳᠡᠬᠦ ᠬᠡᠪ Norman: passif Norwegian Bokmål: passiv Polish: strona bierna Portuguese: voz passiva Romanian: diateză pasivă Russian: страда́тельный зало́г Russian: пасси́в Russian: пасси́вный зало́г
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