Phrase guide

middle voice

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

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Sound

Pronunciation

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noun

Meaning 1

A voice that is neither active nor passive, because the subject of the verb cannot be unambiguously categorized as either agent or patient, having elements of both.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: չեզոք սեռ (čʻezokʻ seṙ) — grammatical form
  • Breton: tu-etre — grammatical form
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中間語態 /中间语态 (zhōngjiān yǔtài) — grammatical form
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中動態 /中动态 (zhōngdòngtài) — grammatical form
  • Finnish: medium — grammatical form
  • Finnish: mediumi — grammatical form
  • French: voix moyenne — grammatical form
  • German: Medium — grammatical form
  • Greek: μέση φωνή (mési foní) — grammatical form
  • Hungarian: mediális igenem — grammatical form
  • Icelandic: miðmynd — grammatical form
  • Icelandic: miðmynd sagna — grammatical form
  • Italian: diatesi media — grammatical form
  • Italian: forma media — grammatical form
  • Polish: medium — grammatical form
  • Polish: strona zwrotna — grammatical form
  • Portuguese: voz média — grammatical form
  • Romanian: diateză medială — grammatical form
  • Spanish: voz media — grammatical form
  • Welsh: stâd ganol — grammatical form
  • Welsh: stâd ganolig — grammatical form