English-French translations for transitive verb

• verbe transitif

Definition of transitive verb

• : A verb that is accompanied by a direct object in the active voice. It links the action taken by the subject with the object upon which that action is taken. Consequently, transitive verbs can also be used in the passive voice when the direct object of the equivalent active-voice sentence becomes the subject

Related words

• transitive
• intransitive
• ambitransitive
• ditransitive
• monotransitive
• intransitively
• transitively
• transitive closure
• transitive graph