passive voice

English

Examples
"The ball was kicked by Fred." (as opposed to "Fred kicked the ball.")

Noun

passive voice (usually uncountable, plural passive voices)

(grammar) The form of a transitive verb in which its subject receives the action.
The passive voice is sometimes criticized for de-emphasizing the actor. ["is ... criticized" is passive.]

Many languages, including English, use auxiliary verbs in constructing the passive voice.

Antonyms

active voice

Coordinate terms

Translations

grammatical term

Afrikaans: lydende vorm (af), passief (af)
Albanian: pësore (sq) f
Arabic: صِيغَة مَجْهُول f (ṣīḡat majhūl), مَبْنِي مَجْهُول m (mabnī majhūl)
Armenian: կրավորական սեռ (hy) (kravorakan seṙ)
Belarusian: зале́жны стан m (zaljéžny stan), пасі́ўны стан m (pasíŭny stan), пасы́ўны стан m (pasýŭny stan)
Breton: tu-gouzañv m
Bulgarian: страда́телен зало́г m (stradátelen zalóg), паси́вен зало́г m (pasíven zalóg)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 被動語態／被动语态 (zh) (bèidòng yǔtài)
Crimean Tatar: etilgen derece
Czech: trpný rod m, pasivum (cs) n
Danish: passiv c, lideform c
Dutch: lijdende vorm (nl) m, passief (nl) n
Esperanto: pasiva voĉo
Estonian: passiiv, umbisikuline tegumood
Finnish: passiivi (fi)
French: voix passive (fr) f
Georgian: ვნებითი გვარი (vnebiti gvari)
German: Leideform (de) f, Leidform f, Leidensform f, Passiv (de) n, Passivum n, Passivform f
Greek: παθητική φωνή (el) f (pathitikí foní)
Hungarian: passzívum (hu), ^{(please verify)} szenvedő igealak
Icelandic: þolmynd (is) f
Irish: faí chéasta f
Italian: forma passiva f, passivo (it) m
Japanese: 受動態 (ja) (じゅどうたい, judōtai), 受身 (ja) (うけみ, ukemi), 所相 (ja) (しょそう, shosō)
Korean: 수동태(受動態) (ko) (sudongtae)
Latin: genus passivum, passivum n
Latvian: ciešamā kārta (lv) f, pasīvs m
Lithuanian: neveikiamoji rūšis f, pasyvas m
Macedonian: пасив m (pasiv)
Malay: ragam pasif
Malayalam: കർമ്മണിപ്രയോഗം (kaṟmmaṇiprayōgaṁ)
Maori: whakahāngū
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: үйлдэгдэх хэв (üjldegdex xev)

Mongolian: ᠦᠢᠯᠡᠳᠦᠭᠳᠡᠬᠦ
ᠬᠡᠪ (üiledüɣdekü keb)
Norman: passif m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: passiv (no) m
Polish: strona bierna (pl) f
Portuguese: voz passiva (pt) f
Romanian: diateză pasivă f
Russian: страда́тельный зало́г (ru) m (stradátelʹnyj zalóg), пасси́в (ru) m (passív), пасси́вный зало́г (ru) m (passívnyj zalóg)
Scottish Gaelic: guth fulangach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: па̀сӣв m, трпно стање n

Roman: pàsīv (sh) m, trpno stanje n
Slovak: trpný rod, pasívum n
Slovene: trpni način m
Spanish: voz pasiva f
Swedish: passivum (sv) n, passiv form c
Tagalog: tinig-balintiyak
Ukrainian: паси́вний стан m (pasývnyj stan), паси́в (uk) m (pasýv)
Vietnamese: dạng bị động
Welsh: stâd oddefol f

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