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irregular verb

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فِعْل غَيْر مُنْتَظِم (fiʕl ḡayr muntaẓim) — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Arabic: فِعْل شَاذّ (fiʕl šāḏḏ) — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Armenian: անկանոն բայ (ankanon bay) — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Belarusian: няпра́вільны дзеясло́ў (njaprávilʹny dzjejaslów) — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Bulgarian: непра́вилен глаго́л (neprávilen glagól) — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Catalan: verb irregular — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不規則動詞 /不规则动词 (bùguīzé dòngcí) — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Czech: nepravidelné sloveso — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Danish: uregelmæssigt verbum — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Estonian: ebareeglipärane tegusõna — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Finnish: epäsäännöllinen verbi — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • French: verbe irrégulier — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Georgian: არაწესიერი ზმნა (arac̣esieri zmna) — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • German: unregelmäßiges Zeitwort — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • German: unregelmäßiges Verb — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • German: irreguläres Verb — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Greek: ανώμαλο ρήμα (anómalo ríma) — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Hungarian: rendhagyó ige — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Icelandic: óregluleg sögn — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Italian: verbo irregolare — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Japanese: 不規則動詞 (fukisoku dōshi) — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Korean: 불규칙 동사 (bulgyuchik dongsa) — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Latin: anomalum verbum — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Latin: verbum anomalum — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Macedonian: неправилен глагол (nepravilen glagol) — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Norman: vèrbe irrédgulyi — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uregelmessig verb — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: uregelmessig verb — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Polish: czasownik nieregularny — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Portuguese: verbo irregular — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Romanian: verb neregulat — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Russian: непра́вильный глаго́л (neprávilʹnyj glagól) — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Scottish Gaelic: gnìomhair neo-riaghailteach — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Serbo-Croatian: неправилан глагол — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Serbo-Croatian: nepravilan glagol — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Slovak: nepravidelné sloveso — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Slovene: nepravilni glagol — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Spanish: verbo irregular — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Swedish: oregelbundet verb — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Tagalog: pandiwang di-karaniwan — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Turkish: düzensiz eylem — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Turkish: düzensiz fiil — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Ukrainian: непра́вильне дієсло́во (neprávylʹne dijeslóvo) — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation
  • Vietnamese: động từ bất quy tắc — verb that does not follow the normal rules for its conjugation