verbal
See also: vèrbal
English
Etymology
From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbalis (“belonging to a word”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜː.bəl/, [ˈvɜː.bɫ̩], enPR: vûrʹ-bəl
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɝ.bəl/, [ˈvɜ˞.bɫ̩], enPR: vûrʹ-bəl
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl
- Hyphenation: ver‧bal
Adjective
verbal (not comparable)
- Of or relating to words.
- Synonym: wordish
- Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
- Consisting of words only.
- Antonyms: non-verbal, substantive
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- We subjoin an engraving […] which will give the reader a far better notion of the structure than any verbal description could convey to the mind.
- 1861, Charles Dickens, 'Great Expectations':
- It was not a verbal remark, but a proceeding in dumb-show
- Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.
- a verbal contract
- a verbal testimony
- 1861, Charles Dickens, 'Great Expectations':
- You can't have verbal communication with a man in New South Wales, you know.
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- (grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
- Synonym: rhematic
- (grammar) Used to form a verb.
- Capable of speech.
- Antonym: preverbal
- 2005, Avril V. Brereton, Bruce J. Tonge, Pre-schoolers with autism (page 55)
- How do these language problems affect the behaviour of verbal children?
- Word for word.
- (obsolete) Abounding with words; verbose.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (of or relating to speech or words): lectic
Derived terms
Derived terms
- verbal complement
- verbal diarrhoea
- verbal noun
- verbal regency
- verbal warning
Translations
of, or relating to words
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concerned with the words
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consisting of words only
expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied
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derived from, or having the nature of a verb
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used to form a verb
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spoken and not written; oral
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Noun
verbal (plural verbals)
- (grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.
- (Britain, Ireland) A confession given to police.
- 1982, New South Wales. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates (page 2496)
- They were convicted on the evidence of an agent provocateur named Richard Seary, backed up by police verbals from three police officers who gave evidence of six verbals in which the three accused were supposed to have admitted their guilt.
- 1982, New South Wales. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates (page 2496)
Synonyms
- (verb form): non-finite verb
Translations
Verb
verbal (third-person singular simple present verbals, present participle verballing, simple past and past participle verballed)
- (transitive, Britain, Australia) To induce into fabricating a confession.
- 1982, John A. Andrews, Human Rights in Criminal Procedure: A Comparative Study, →ISBN, BRILL, page 128:
- "The problem of 'verballing' is unlikely to disappear, whatever the legal status of the person detained."
- 2001, Chris Cunneen, Conflict, Politics and Crime: Aboriginal Communities and the Police, →ISBN, Allen & Unwin, page 116:
- "Condren had always claimed that he was assaulted and verballed by police over the murder he had supposedly confessed to committing."
- 2004, Jeremy Gans & Andrew Palmer, Australian Principles of Evidence, →ISBN, Routledge Cavendish, page 504:
- "Moreover, given the risk of verballing, it is by no means apparent that it is in the interests of justice that the prosecution have the benefit of admissions that are made on occasions when recordings are impracticable."
- 1982, John A. Andrews, Human Rights in Criminal Procedure: A Comparative Study, →ISBN, BRILL, page 128:
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin verbalis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
verbal (masculine and feminine plural verbals)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “verbal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin verbālis. Synchronically analysable as verbe + -al.
Further reading
- “verbal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁˈbaːl/
Audio (file) Audio (Austria) (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Declension
Declension of verbal
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist verbal | sie ist verbal | es ist verbal | sie sind verbal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | verbaler | verbale | verbales | verbale |
genitive | verbalen | verbaler | verbalen | verbaler | |
dative | verbalem | verbaler | verbalem | verbalen | |
accusative | verbalen | verbale | verbales | verbale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der verbale | die verbale | das verbale | die verbalen |
genitive | des verbalen | der verbalen | des verbalen | der verbalen | |
dative | dem verbalen | der verbalen | dem verbalen | den verbalen | |
accusative | den verbalen | die verbale | das verbale | die verbalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein verbaler | eine verbale | ein verbales | (keine) verbalen |
genitive | eines verbalen | einer verbalen | eines verbalen | (keiner) verbalen | |
dative | einem verbalen | einer verbalen | einem verbalen | (keinen) verbalen | |
accusative | einen verbalen | eine verbale | ein verbales | (keine) verbalen |
Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin verbalis.
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin verbalis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /berˈbal/, [berˈβal]
Adjective
verbal (plural verbales)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “verbal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ˈʋɪːɾˌbɑːɽ/, /²ˈʋɪːɾˌbɒːɽ/
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