French - English
Definition of du gérondif in French English dictionary
- gerundive
- a verbal adjective ending in -ing the Australian Macquarie Dictionary (revised 3rd ed), second sense of Gerundive
- a verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity, equivalent in form to the future passive participle
- {i} future passive participle (Latin grammatical form which expresses duty or obligation, e.g. agendus - "to be done" or amandus - "to be loved")
- The future passive participle; as, amandus, i
- {s} relating to or resembling a gerund
- to be loved
- a verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity
- Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial
- a verbal adjective ending in -ing