participial

1. 1.

   a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses

   Synonymsparticiple

   Broaderverb

   Narrowerpresent participlepast participle

1. 1.

   of or relating to or consisting of participles

   “participial inflections”

   grammar

Other forms of participial

plural

participials·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about participial

What does participial mean?

participial means "a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in participial?

participial has 5 syllables: par-ti-ci-pi-al. The stress falls on "pi".

What is another word for participial?

Close synonyms include participle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is participial a common word?

participial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.