verbal

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English

Etymology

From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜː.bəl/, [ˈvɜː.bɫ̩], enPR: vûrʹ-bəl
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈvɝ.bəl/, [ˈvɝ.bɫ̩], enPR: vûrʹ-bəl
• Hyphenation: ver‧bal
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl

Adjective

verbal (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to words.

   Synonym: wordish

2. Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.

   Antonym: substantive

3. Consisting of words only.
4. Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.
5. (grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.

   Synonym: rhematic

6. (grammar) Used to form a verb.
7. Capable of speech.

   Antonyms: preverbal, non-verbal
8. Word for word.

   Synonyms: literal, verbatim

9. (obsolete) Abounding with words; verbose.

Synonyms

• (of or relating to speech or words): lectic

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “expressly spoken or written”): implied
• (antonym(s) of “expressly stated”): unsaid

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

verbal (countable and uncountable, plural verbals)

2. (countable, grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.

   Synonym: non-finite verb

3. (countable, UK, Ireland) A spoken confession given to police.
4. (uncountable, UK, Ireland, colloquial) Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding.

Translations

Verb

verbal (third-person singular simple present verbals, present participle verballing, simple past and past participle verballed)

1. (transitive, British, Australia) To allege (usually falsely) that someone has made an oral admission.

Anagrams

• Varble, Vrabel

Albanian

Etymology

Internationalism, compare English verbal, Italian verbale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veɾˈbal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: ver‧bál

Adjective

verbal (feminine verbale)

1. (literary) verbal

   Antonym: gojor

Related terms

• verbalizëm

References

• “verbal”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Aragonese

Etymology

By surface analysis, verbo (“verb”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾˈbal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ver‧bal

Adjective

verbal (plural verbals)

1. (grammar) verbal (relating to verbs)

   Synonym: verballo

References

• “verbal”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin verbālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bərˈbal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vərˈbal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [veɾˈbal]

Adjective

verbal m or f (masculine and feminine plural verbals)

1. verbal (of or relating to words)
2. verbal (spoken rather than written)
3. (grammar) verbal (relating to verbs)

Derived terms

Related terms

• verb

Further reading

• “verbal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin verbālis. By surface analysis, verbe +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.bal/
• Homophones: verbale, verbales

Adjective

verbal (feminine verbale, masculine plural verbaux, feminine plural verbales)

1. verbal

Derived terms

• cadrage verbal
• diarrhée verbale
• locution verbale
• temps verbal

Further reading

• “verbal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁˈbaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

verbal (strong nominative masculine singular verbaler, not comparable)

1. verbal

   Synonym: mündlich

2. (linguistics) verbal

Declension

Further reading

• “verbal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “verbal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch verbaal, from Middle French verbal, from Latin verbālis. Doublet of perbal.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛrbal/ [ˈfɛr.bal]
• Rhymes: -ɛrbal
• Syllabification: ver‧bal

Adjective

verbal

1. verbal, oral (expressly spoken rather than written)
2. (linguistics) verbal (pertaining to verbs)

Related terms

Further reading

• “verbal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin verbālis. By surface analysis, verbo +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: ver‧bal

Adjective

verbal m or f (plural verbais)

1. verbal, oral
2. (grammar) verbal (derived from, or having the nature of a verb)

Derived terms

• verbalmente

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French verbal, from Latin verbalis.

Adjective

verbal m or n (feminine singular verbală, masculine plural verbali, feminine and neuter plural verbale)

1. verbal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin verbālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾˈbal/ [beɾˈβ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ver‧bal

Adjective

verbal m or f (masculine and feminine plural verbales)

1. verbal (of or relating to words)
2. verbal (spoken rather than written)
3. (grammar) verbal (relating to verbs)

Derived terms

Noun

verbal m (plural verbales)

1. (grammar) verbal

Related terms

Further reading

• “verbal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10