Standard Lemma guide

converb

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.vɜːb/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈkɑn.vɝb/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A non-finite verb form that serves to express adverbial subordination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A verb with a stressed, separable prefix.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Yiddish linguistics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Konverb. By surface analysis, con- + verb; compare adverb and conjunctive.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: feli bağlama — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 副動詞 /副动词 (fùdòngcí) — Translations
  • Esperanto: konverbo — Translations
  • Finnish: konverbi — Translations
  • French: converbe — Translations
  • German: Konverb — Translations
  • Italian: converbo — Translations
  • Kalmyk: немр үүлдвр (nemr üüldvr) — Translations
  • Mongolian: нөхцөл үйл үг (nöxcöl üjl üg) — Translations
  • Mongolian: нөхцөлдүүлэн холбох нөхцөл (nöxcöldüülen xolbox nöxcöl) — Translations
  • Mongolian: ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠴᠡᠯ ᠦᠢᠯᠡ ᠦᠭᠡ (nöküčel üile üge) — Translations
  • Polish: przysłówek odczasownikowy — Translations
  • Russian: конве́рб (konvérb) — Translations
  • Russian: дееприча́стие (dejepričástije) — Translations