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The words and phrases, collectively, that someone understands in speech and writing but does not commonly use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- John's passive vocabulary seems to encompass most of the words in the Collegiate Dictionary!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
被動詞彙 /被动词汇
(bèidòng cíhuì)
— words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use
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Dutch:
passieve woordenschat
— words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use
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Finnish:
passiivinen sanavarasto
— words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use
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French:
vocabulaire passif
— words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use
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German:
passiver Wortschatz
— words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use
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Polish:
słownik bierny
— words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use
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Portuguese:
vocabulário passivo
— words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use
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Romanian:
vocabular pasiv
— words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use
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Russian:
пасси́вный слова́рный запа́с
(passívnyj slovárnyj zapás)
— words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use
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Russian:
пасси́вная ле́ксика
(passívnaja léksika)
— words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use
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Russian:
пасси́вный лексико́н
(passívnyj leksikón)
— words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use
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Russian:
пасси́вный слова́рь
(passívnyj slovárʹ)
— words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use
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Ukrainian:
паси́вний словнико́вий запа́с
(pasývnyj slovnykóvyj zapás)
— words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use
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Ukrainian:
паси́вний словни́к
(pasývnyj slovnýk)
— words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use
