dictionary form

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Noun

dictionary form (plural dictionary forms)

1. The basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry (of any part of speech, but especially of a verb).

   The dictionary form of the verb is the infinitive in English, the first-person singular present indicative in Ancient Greek, and the third-person masculine singular perfect in Semitic languages.

Synonyms

• canonical form
• citation form
• basic form

Translations

basic form of a word — see also basic form,‎ citation form

Arabic: لَيمَّا (ar) Finnish: sanakirjamuoto (fi) French: forme canonique (fr) f German: Grundform (de) f, Lemmaform f, Wörterbuchform f Hungarian: szótári alak Japanese: 原形 (ja) (genkei), 辞書形 (jishokei) Korean: 원형 (ko) (wonhyeong) Persian: بن‌واژه (fa) (bon-vâže), مدخل (fa) (madxal) Polish: forma słownikowa f Russian: слова́рная фо́рма f (slovárnaja fórma), начальная форма слова f (načalʹnaja forma slova), лемма (ru) f (lemma) Swedish: uppslagsord (sv) n, grundform (sv) c

See also

• headword
• lemma
• infinitive