Dictionary

modal verb en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood.
   • Although at first glance combinations of two modal verbs might seem to be cases of grammatical distortion, their use is scientifically recognised. 2019, Irina S. Lebedeva, Svetlana N. Orlova, “Semantics and pragmatics of the double modal ‘might could’”, in Training, Language and Culture, volume 3, number 2, →DOI:

Forms

Relateds

central modal · helping verb · auxiliary · auxiliary verb · semimodal

Synonyms

modal · modal auxiliary verb · modal auxiliary

Translations (39)

pl czasownik modalny (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · sh модални гла̏гол (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · pt verbo modal (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · is háttarsögn (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · it verbo servile (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · ja 法動詞 (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · sh načinski glȁgol (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · is háttarsagnorð (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · fr modal (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · ru мода́льный глаго́л (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · de Modalverb (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · nl modaal werkwoord (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · mn ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠮᠵᠢ ᠦᠢᠯᠡ ᠦᠭᠡ (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · la verbum modāle (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · uk мода́льне дієсло́во (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · da mådesudsagnsord (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · cmn 情態動詞 /情态动词 (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · ca verb modal (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · fi modaalinen verbi (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · de Modalverbum (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · ja 法助動詞 (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · mn хандлага үйл үг (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · sv modalt verb (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · cs modální sloveso (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · sl modalni glagol (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · hu modális/módbeliige (segéd) (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · sh начински гла̏гол (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · it modale (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · ga briathar cúntach (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · mn ᠬᠠᠨᠳᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠦᠢᠯᠡ ᠦᠭᠡ (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · da modalverbum (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · mn баймж үйл үг (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · mk мо́дален гла́гол (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · it verbo modale (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · es verbo modal (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · sh modalni glȁgol (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · it servile (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · cs způsobové sloveso (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood) · fr verbe modal (a verb whose primary function is to express grammatical mood)