verbal

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː.bəl/
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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈvɜː.bɫ̩]
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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: vûrʹ-bəl
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈvɝ.bəl/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈvɝ.bɫ̩]
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• Canada, General-American: vûrʹ-bəl
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)bəl
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• CMU ARPABET: V ER1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.

168 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَلَامِيّ (kalāmiyy) — of, or relating to words
• Arabic: لَفْظِيّ (lafẓiyy) — of, or relating to words
• Arabic: شَفَهِيّ (šafahiyy) — of, or relating to words
• Belarusian: сло́ўны (slówny) — of, or relating to words
• Belarusian: вэрба́льны (verbálʹny) — of, or relating to words
• Belarusian: вярба́льны (vjarbálʹny) — of, or relating to words
• Bulgarian: слове́сен (slovésen) — of, or relating to words
• Bulgarian: верба́лен (verbálen) — of, or relating to words
• Bulgarian: сло́вен (slóven) — of, or relating to words
• Catalan: verbal — of, or relating to words
• Chinese Mandarin: 詞的 /词的 (cí de) — of, or relating to words
• Cornish: geryel — of, or relating to words
• Czech: slovní — of, or relating to words
• Danish: verbal — of, or relating to words
• Dutch: verbaal — of, or relating to words
• Esperanto: vorta — of, or relating to words
• Finnish: sana- — of, or relating to words
• Finnish: sanallinen — of, or relating to words
• Finnish: verbaalinen — of, or relating to words
• French: verbal — of, or relating to words
• Galician: verbal — of, or relating to words
• Georgian: ზეპირი (zeṗiri) — of, or relating to words
• Georgian: სიტყვიერი (siṭq̇vieri) — of, or relating to words
• Georgian: ვერბალური (verbaluri) — of, or relating to words
• German: wörtlich — of, or relating to words
• German: verbal — of, or relating to words
• Greek: λεκτικός (lektikós) — of, or relating to words
• Hindi: शाब्दिक (śābdik) — of, or relating to words
• Hungarian: beszéd- — of, or relating to words
• Hungarian: nyelvi — of, or relating to words
• Italian: verbale — of, or relating to words
• Macedonian: зборовен (zboroven) — of, or relating to words
• Mongolian: үгийн (ügiin) — of, or relating to words
• Norwegian Bokmål: verbal — of, or relating to words
• Polish: słowny — of, or relating to words
• Polish: werbalny — of, or relating to words
• Portuguese: verbal — of, or relating to words
• Romanian: verbal — of, or relating to words
• Romanian: oral — of, or relating to words
• Romansh: verbal — of, or relating to words
• Russian: слове́сный (slovésnyj) — of, or relating to words
• Russian: верба́льный (verbálʹnyj) — of, or relating to words
• Serbo-Croatian: гла̏голскӣ — of, or relating to words
• Serbo-Croatian: glȁgolskī — of, or relating to words
• Slovak: slovný — of, or relating to words
• Slovene: beseden — of, or relating to words
• Spanish: verbal — of, or relating to words
• Swedish: verbal — of, or relating to words
• Ukrainian: слове́сний (slovésnyj) — of, or relating to words
• Ukrainian: верба́льний (verbálʹnyj) — of, or relating to words
• Volapük: vödik — of, or relating to words
• Bulgarian: словесен (slovesen) — concerned with the words
• Finnish: sana- — concerned with the words
• Finnish: sanallinen — concerned with the words
• Finnish: verbaalinen — concerned with the words
• Georgian: სიტყვიერი (siṭq̇vieri) — concerned with the words
• Georgian: ვერბალური (verbaluri) — concerned with the words
• Greek: λεκτικός (lektikós) — concerned with the words
• Hindi: शाब्दिक (śābdik) — concerned with the words
• Macedonian: зборовен (zboroven) — concerned with the words
• Polish: słowny — concerned with the words
• Polish: werbalny — concerned with the words
• Portuguese: verbal — concerned with the words
• Russian: слове́сный (slovésnyj) — concerned with the words
• Russian: верба́льный (verbálʹnyj) — concerned with the words
• Danish: verbal — consisting of words only
• Finnish: sanallinen — consisting of words only
• French: verbal — consisting of words only
• Georgian: სიტყვიერი (siṭq̇vieri) — consisting of words only
• Georgian: ვერბალური (verbaluri) — consisting of words only
• Italian: verbale — consisting of words only
• Polish: werbalny — consisting of words only
• Portuguese: verbal — consisting of words only
• Romansh: verbal — consisting of words only
• Russian: слове́сный (slovésnyj) — consisting of words only
• Russian: речево́й (rečevój) — consisting of words only
• Sanskrit: वाचिक (vācika) — consisting of words only
• Spanish: verbal — consisting of words only
• Bulgarian: устен (usten) — spoken and not written; oral
• Catalan: verbal — spoken and not written; oral
• Czech: ústní — spoken and not written; oral
• Danish: mundtlig — spoken and not written; oral
• Dutch: mondeling — spoken and not written; oral
• Esperanto: parola — spoken and not written; oral
• Finnish: suullinen — spoken and not written; oral
• French: oral — spoken and not written; oral
• French: verbal — spoken and not written; oral
• Georgian: ზეპირი (zeṗiri) — spoken and not written; oral
• Georgian: სიტყვიერი (siṭq̇vieri) — spoken and not written; oral
• German: mündlich — spoken and not written; oral
• German: verbal — spoken and not written; oral
• Greek: προφορικός (proforikós) — spoken and not written; oral
• Hungarian: szóbeli — spoken and not written; oral
• Macedonian: устен (usten) — spoken and not written; oral
• Macedonian: усмен (usmen) — spoken and not written; oral
• Norwegian Bokmål: muntlig — spoken and not written; oral
• Norwegian Nynorsk: munnleg — spoken and not written; oral
• Polish: ustny — spoken and not written; oral
• Polish: werbalny — spoken and not written; oral
• Portuguese: verbal — spoken and not written; oral
• Portuguese: oral — spoken and not written; oral
• Romanian: verbal — spoken and not written; oral
• Romanian: oral — spoken and not written; oral
• Russian: у́стный (ústnyj) — spoken and not written; oral
• Sanskrit: वाचिक (vācika) — spoken and not written; oral
• Spanish: verbal — spoken and not written; oral
• Turkish: sözlü — spoken and not written; oral
• Ukrainian: у́сний (úsnyj) — spoken and not written; oral
• Bulgarian: експлицитен (ekspliciten) — expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied
• Dutch: letterlijk — expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied
• Finnish: suullinen — expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied
• Finnish: sanallinen — expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied
• Georgian: სიტყვიერი (siṭq̇vieri) — expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied
• Greek: προφορικός (proforikós) — expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied
• Hungarian: kifejezett — expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied
• Macedonian: изречен (izrečen) — expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied
• Polish: słowny — expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied
• Portuguese: verbal — expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied
• Russian: слове́сный (slovésnyj) — expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied
• Albanian: foljor — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Bulgarian: отглаголен (otglagolen) — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Catalan: verbal — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Czech: slovesný — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Dutch: werkwoordelijk — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Esperanto: verba — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Finnish: verbi- — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Finnish: verbaalinen — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• French: verbal — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• West-Frisian: tiidwurdlik — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Galician: verbal — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Georgian: ზმნური (zmnuri) — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Georgian: ნაზმნარი (nazmnari) — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• German: zeitwörtlich — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• German: verbal — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Greek: ρηματικός (rimatikós) — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Hungarian: deverbális — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Hungarian: igei — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Irish: briathartha — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Macedonian: глаголски (glagolski) — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Polish: odczasownikowy — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Portuguese: verbal — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Romanian: verbal — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Russian: глаго́льный (glagólʹnyj) — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Russian: отглаго́льный (otglagólʹnyj) — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Serbo-Croatian: гла̏голскӣ — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Serbo-Croatian: glȁgolskī — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Spanish: verbal — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Tagalog: makadiwa — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Volapük: värbik — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Welsh: berfol — derived from, or having the nature of a verb
• Catalan: verbal — used to form a verb
• Finnish: verbaalinen — used to form a verb
• Georgian: ნაზმნარი (nazmnari) — used to form a verb
• Georgian: ზმნური (zmnuri) — used to form a verb
• Greek: ρηματικός (rimatikós) — used to form a verb
• Polish: czasownikowy — used to form a verb
• Polish: werbalny — used to form a verb
• Russian: глаго́льный (glagólʹnyj) — used to form a verb
• Spanish: verbal — used to form a verb
• Finnish: deverbaali — grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals
• Finnish: verbijohdos — grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals
• Italian: deverbale — grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals
• Polish: czasownik nieodmienny — grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals
• Russian: нели́чная фо́рма глаго́ла (nelíčnaja fórma glagóla) — grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals
• Spanish: verbal — grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals
• Tagalog: malapandiwa — grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals
• Turkish: fiilimsi — grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals
• Turkish: eylemsi — grammar: verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals