preverb

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-lbor.

Middle English pre-

English pre-

English verb

English preverb

From pre- + verb.

Noun

preverb (plural preverbs)

1. (grammar) A separable verb prefix or a particle that precedes a verb.
2. (grammar) Any of a class of words in the Chinese language whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions, and postpositions of other languages.
3. (grammar) A verbal prefix in the Algonquin languages whose function is analogous to the adjective of other languages.

Translations

word class

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 动介词 (dòng jiècí)

• Georgian: ზმნისწინი (zmnisc̣ini)
• German: Präverb (de)
• Hungarian: igekötő (hu)
• Italian: preverbo (it) m
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: prefiksoid m, przedrostek czasownikowy m
• Russian: преве́рб (ru) m (prevérb)
• Spanish: preverbo m
• Welsh: rhagferf f

verbal prefix

• Catalan: preverbi (ca) m
• French: préverbe (fr) m
• Hungarian: igekötő (hu)
• Italian: preverbo (it) m
• Polish: prefiksoid m, przedrostek czasownikowy m
• Portuguese: pré-verbo m

See also

• coverb

Anagrams

• perverb

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French préverbe.

Noun

preverb n (plural preverbe)

1. preverb

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	preverb	preverbul	preverbe	preverbele
genitive-dative	preverb	preverbului	preverbe	preverbelor
vocative	preverbule		preverbelor