transitivity

English

Etymology

From French transitivité

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌtɹænzɪˈtɪvɪti/

Noun

transitivity (countable and uncountable, plural transitivities)

(grammar) The degree in which any one verb can take/govern objects.
There are 3 degrees of transitivity of any one verb: intransitive, monotransitive and ditransitive.
(mathematics, logic) The property of being transitive.
The hypothetical syllogism inference rule states the transitivity of implication.

Translations

the degree in which a verb can govern objects

Chinese:
Mandarin: 及物性 (zh) (jíwùxìng)
Finnish: transitiivisuus
French: transitivité (fr) f
Georgian: გარდამავლობა (gardamavloba)
German: Transitivität (de) f

Greek: επαγωγή (el) f (epagogí), μεταβατικότητα f (metavatikótita)
Portuguese: transitividade (pt) f
Romanian: tranzitivitate (ro) f
Russian: перехо́дность (ru) f (perexódnostʹ), транзити́вность (ru) f (tranzitívnostʹ)
Swedish: transitivitet c

See also

transitiveness

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