gerundive

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Learned borrowing from Latin gerundīvus. By surface analysis, gerund + -ive.

From Middle English gerundif, gerundyf, gerundyfe, gerundyffe, gerundyve, from Latin gerundīvum (“gerundive”), from gerundium (“gerund”), from gerundus (“which is to be carried out”), future passive participle (gerundive) of gerō (“carry, bear”). By surface analysis, gerund + -ive.

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: gerundiivi — Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity
• French: gérondif — Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity
• German: Gerundiv — Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity
• German: Gerundivum — Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity
• Greek: γερουνδιακό (geroundiakó) — Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity
• Hungarian: gerundivum — Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity
• Latin: gerundīvum — Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity
• Norwegian: gerundiv — Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity
• Russian: герунди́в (gerundív) — Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity
• Serbo-Croatian: gerundiv — Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity
• Slovene: gerundiv — Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity
• Spanish: gerundivo — Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity
• Swedish: gerundivum — Latin verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity
• Finnish: gerundi — verbal adjective — see also present participle
• French: adjectif verbal — verbal adjective — see also present participle