participle
pronunciation
How to pronounce participle in British English:
UK [ pɑːˈtɪsɪpl]
How to pronounce participle in American English:
US [ ˈpɑːrtɪsɪpl]
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- Noun:
- a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses
Word Origin
- participle
- participle: [14] The etymological notion underlying participle is of a word that shares or ‘partakes’ of the dual nature of an adjective and a noun. It comes via Old French participle from Latin participium, a derivative of particeps ‘partaker’ (the usage was a direct translation of Greek metokhé ‘sharer, partaker’, which was likewise used as a grammatical term for ‘participle’). Particeps (based on a variant of Latin capere ‘take’, source of English capture) also spawned the verb participāre ‘take part’, from which English gets participate [16].=> part, participate
- participle (n.)
- late 14c., "a noun-adjective," from Old French participle (13c.), variant of participe, from Latin participium, literally "a sharing, partaking," from particeps "sharing, partaking" (see participation). In grammatical sense, the Latin translates Greek metokhe "sharer, partaker," and the notion is of a word "partaking" of the nature of both a noun and an adjective.
Example
- 1. Give the past and past participle forms of the verbs .
- 2. A participle that expresses completed action .
- 3. Anglophones first encounter the words " past participle " not in an english class , but in french .
- 4. Differences between present participle and gerund .
- 5. The german participle " erstorben " stresses the act of dying , so emphasizing the idea of gone life .