PARTICIPLE


Meaning of PARTICIPLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpär-tə-ˌsi-pəl ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, modification of Latin participium, from particip-, particeps

Date: 14th century

: a word having the characteristics of both verb and adjective ; especially : an English verbal form that has the function of an adjective and at the same time shows such verbal features as tense and voice and capacity to take an object

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.