Phrase guide

indirect object

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that manifests a secondary or passive participant in an action, often a recipient or goal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

The object of a monotransitive verb that it is not in the accusative case, especially when it is in the dative case.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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noun

Meaning 3

the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: object

History

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kundrinë e zhdrejtë — grammatical term
  • Azerbaijani: vasitəli tamamlıq — grammatical term
  • Breton: renadenn dieeun — grammatical term
  • Chinese Mandarin: 間接賓語 /间接宾语 (jiànjiē bīnyǔ) — grammatical term
  • Danish: hensynsled — grammatical term
  • Dutch: meewerkend voorwerp — grammatical term
  • Finnish: epäsuora objekti — grammatical term
  • French: complément d'objet indirect — grammatical term
  • French: COI — grammatical term
  • French: objet indirect — grammatical term
  • French: complément d'objet second — grammatical term
  • Galician: obxecto indirecto — grammatical term
  • Georgian: ირიბი ობიექტი (iribi obiekṭi) — grammatical term
  • German: indirektes Objekt — grammatical term
  • German: Dativobjekt — grammatical term
  • Hungarian: részeshatározó — grammatical term
  • Hungarian: részestárgy — grammatical term
  • Hungarian: indirekt tárgy — grammatical term
  • Hungarian: közvetett tárgy — grammatical term
  • Icelandic: óbeint andlag — grammatical term
  • Italian: complementi oggetto indiretto — grammatical term
  • Italian: oggetto indiretto — grammatical term
  • Italian: complemento indiretto — grammatical term
  • Japanese: 間接目的語 (kansetsu mokutekigo) — grammatical term
  • Latin: res obliqua — grammatical term
  • Malay: objek sipi — grammatical term
  • Maltese: oġġett indirett — grammatical term
  • Norman: objet îndirect — grammatical term
  • Polish: dopełnienie dalsze — grammatical term
  • Portuguese: objeto indireto — grammatical term
  • Romanian: obiect indirect — grammatical term
  • Russian: ко́свенное дополне́ние (kósvennoje dopolnénije) — grammatical term
  • Spanish: complemento indirecto — grammatical term
  • Spanish: objeto indirecto — grammatical term
  • Swedish: dativobjekt — grammatical term
  • Swedish: indirekt objekt — grammatical term
  • Thai: กรรมรอง — grammatical term
  • Turkish: dolaylı tümleç — grammatical term
  • Turkish: dolaylı nesne — grammatical term
  • Welsh: gwrthrych anuniongyrchol — grammatical term