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The noun or noun phrase that a verb is directly acting upon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Such an object when it is in the accusative case, but (generally) not when it is in another case.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the object that receives the direct action of the verb
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: object of the verb
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: object
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
kundrinë e drejtë
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Amharic:
ርቱዕ ተሳቢ
(rətuʿ täsabi)
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Arabic:
مَفعول بِهِ
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Azerbaijani:
vasitəsiz tamamlıq
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Breton:
renadenn eeun
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Catalan:
objecte directe
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Chinese Mandarin:
直接賓語 /直接宾语
(zhíjiē bīnyǔ)
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Danish:
direkte objekt
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Danish:
genstandsled
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Dutch:
lijdend voorwerp
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Finnish:
suora objekti
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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French:
complément d'objet direct
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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French:
C.O.D.
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Galician:
obxecto directo
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Georgian:
პირდაპირი ობიექტი
(ṗirdaṗiri obiekṭi)
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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German:
direktes Objekt
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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German:
Akkusativobjekt
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Hungarian:
közvetlen tárgy
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Hungarian:
direkt tárgy
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Hungarian:
elsődleges tárgy
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Icelandic:
beint andlag
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Italian:
complemento diretto
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Japanese:
直接目的語
(chokusetsu mokutekigo)
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Korean:
직접목적어
(jikjeop mokjeogeo)
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Malay:
objek tepat
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Maltese:
oġġett dirett
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Norman:
objet direct
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Norwegian Bokmål:
direkte objekt
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Polish:
dopełnienie bliższe
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Portuguese:
objeto direto
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Portuguese:
complemento direto
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Romanian:
complement direct
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Romanian:
obiect direct
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Russian:
прямо́е дополне́ние
(prjamóje dopolnénije)
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Spanish:
complemento directo
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Spanish:
objeto directo
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Swedish:
direkt objekt
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Swedish:
ackusativobjekt
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Tagalog:
tuwirang layon
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Thai:
กรรมตรง
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Turkish:
tümleç
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Turkish:
nesne
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Turkish:
dolaysız tümleç
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Turkish:
dolaysız nesne
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Turkish:
düz tümleç
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon
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Welsh:
gwrthrych uniongyrchol
— the noun a verb is directly acting upon