verbe sans actant

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɛʁ.b(ə) sɑ̃.z‿ak.tɑ̃/
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Noun

verbe sans actant m (plural verbes sans actant)

  1. (grammar) zero-place verb (verb that does not require an actant, whose subject is absent or expletive, for example pleuvoir)
    Synonym: verbe avalent (“avalent verb”)
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