deponent

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• UK: /dɪˈpəʊnənt/
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• US: /dɪˈpoʊnənt/
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• US: /diˈpoʊ.nənt/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h2ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h2epó Proto-Indo-European *h2pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Latin dēpōnēnsder. English deponent From Latin dēpōnēns (“laying aside”), the present active participle of dēpōnō (“lay aside”), from dē- + pōnō (“put, place”). The name comes from the idea that such verbs were originally reflexive and then later "laid aside" their passive meanings.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 異態 /异态 — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Chinese Mandarin: 異相 /异相 (yìxiàng) — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Czech: deponentní — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Danish: deponent — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Dutch: deponent — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Finnish: deponentti — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• French: déponent — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Greek: αποθετικός (apothetikós) — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Ancient Greek: ἀποθετικός (apothetikós) — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Hungarian: álszenvedő — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Hungarian: deponens — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Irish: diúscartach — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Italian: deponente — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Latin: dēpōnēns — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Polish: bierny — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Portuguese: depoente — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Sicilian: dipunenti — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Spanish: deponente — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Swedish: deponentiell — of a verb: having an active meaning but conjugating with a different voice
• Dutch: deponent — deponent verb
• Finnish: deponentti — deponent verb
• Finnish: deponenttiverbi — deponent verb
• French: déponent — deponent verb
• German: Deponens — deponent verb
• Greek: αποθετικό (apothetikó) — deponent verb
• Icelandic: aflagssögn — deponent verb
• Icelandic: deponenssögn — deponent verb
• Irish: diúscartach — deponent verb
• Italian: deponente — deponent verb
• Japanese: デポネント動詞 (deponento dōshi) — deponent verb
• Japanese: 形式所相動詞 (kēshiki shosō dōshi) — deponent verb
• Japanese: 形式受動態動詞 (kēshiki judōtai dōshi) — deponent verb
• Japanese: 能動欠如動詞 (nōdō ketsujo dōshi) — deponent verb
• Japanese: 異態動詞 (itai dōshi) — deponent verb
• Latin: deponens — deponent verb
• Polish: deponens — deponent verb
• Swedish: deponens — deponent verb