Standard Lemma guide

participle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /pɑːˈtɪsɪpəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːtɪsɪpəl/
  • US: /ˈpɑɹtɪˌsɪpəl/
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  • Scotland: /paɾˈtɪsɪpəl/
  • Scotland: /ˈpaɾtɪsɪpəl/
  • CMU ARPABET: P AA1 R T IH0 S IH2 P AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: participial

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: verb

Narrower terms: present participle, past participle, perfect participle

History

Etymology

From Middle English participle, from Old French participle (1388), variant of participe, from Latin participium.

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: pjesore — verb form
  • Arabic: اِسْم فَاعِل (ism fāʕil) — verb form
  • Arabic: اِسْم مَفْعُول (ism mafʕūl) — verb form
  • Armenian: դերբայ (derbay) — verb form
  • Asturian: participiu — verb form
  • Azerbaijani: feli sifət — verb form
  • Basque: partizipio — verb form
  • Belarusian: дзеепрыме́тнік (dzjejeprymjétnik) — verb form
  • Belarusian: дзеяпрыме́тнік (dzjejaprymjétnik) — verb form
  • Bulgarian: прича́стие (pričástie) — verb form
  • Catalan: participi — verb form
  • Chinese Mandarin: 分詞 /分词 (fēncí) — verb form
  • Czech: příčestí — verb form
  • Czech: participium — verb form
  • Danish: participium — verb form
  • Danish: tillægsform — verb form
  • Dutch: deelwoord — verb form
  • Esperanto: participo — verb form
  • Estonian: kesksõna — verb form
  • Faroese: lýsingarháttur — verb form
  • Finnish: partisiippi — verb form
  • French: participe — verb form
  • West-Frisian: mulwurd — verb form
  • Galician: participio — verb form
  • Georgian: მიმღეობა (mimɣeoba) — verb form
  • German: Mittelwort — verb form
  • German: Partizip — verb form
  • German: Partizipium — verb form
  • Old High German: teilnemunga — verb form
  • Greek: μετοχή (metochí) — verb form
  • Ancient Greek: μετοχή (metokhḗ) — verb form
  • Hebrew: בֵּינוֹנִי (bēnoní) — verb form
  • Hindi: कृदंत (kŕdant) — verb form
  • Hungarian: melléknévi igenév — verb form
  • Icelandic: lýsingarháttur — verb form
  • Ido: participo — verb form
  • Irish: rangabháil — verb form
  • Italian: participio — verb form
  • Japanese: 分詞 (bunshi) — verb form
  • Kazakh: есімше (esımşe) — verb form
  • Korean: 분사 (bunsa) — verb form
  • Northern Kurdish: pareng — verb form
  • Northern Kurdish: partîsîp — verb form
  • Kyrgyz: атоочтук (atooctuk) — verb form
  • Latin: participium — verb form
  • Latvian: divdabis — verb form
  • Latvian: particips — verb form
  • Lithuanian: dalyvis — verb form
  • Macedonian: партицип (particip) — verb form
  • Malay: partisipel — verb form
  • Mongolian: үйлт нэр (üjlt ner) — verb form
  • Norman: participe — verb form
  • Norwegian Bokmål: partisipp — verb form
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: partisipp — verb form
  • Persian: وجه وصفی (vajh-e vasfi) — verb form
  • Polish: imiesłów — verb form
  • Portuguese: particípio — verb form
  • Romanian: participiu — verb form
  • Russian: прича́стие (pričástije) — verb form
  • Scottish Gaelic: rann-phàirt — verb form
  • Serbo-Croatian: партицип — verb form
  • Serbo-Croatian: particip — verb form
  • Slovak: príčastie — verb form
  • Slovene: deležnik — verb form
  • Spanish: participio — verb form
  • Swedish: particip — verb form
  • Tagalog: pandiwari — verb form
  • Tajik: сифати феълӣ (sifat-i fe'li) — verb form
  • Thai: รูปกริยาขยาย — verb form
  • Turkish: ortaç — verb form
  • Turkish: durum ortacı — verb form
  • Turkish: sıfat-fiil — verb form
  • Turkish: partisip — verb form
  • Ukrainian: дієприкме́тник (dijeprykmétnyk) — verb form
  • Uzbek: sifatdosh — verb form
  • Vietnamese: phân từ — verb form
  • Walloon: pårticipe — verb form
  • Welsh: rhangymeriad — verb form
Real reading context

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