verbe à deux actants
French
Etymology
verbe + à + deux + actants.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁ.b‿a dø.z‿ak.tɑ̃/
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Noun
verbe à deux actants m (plural verbes à deux actants)
- (grammar) two-place verb (verb that requires two actants, expressed or implied. One of the actants is the subject. The two-place verb is normally a transitive verb, but aller in French, for example, is an intransitive verb and is also a two-place verb, one of the actants being an agent and the other being a destination)
- Synonyms: verbe bivalent (“bivalent verb”), verbe biactanciel (“biactantial verb”)
Related terms
- verbe à un actant
- verbe à trois actants
- verbe sans actant