voix passive

Definitions of voix passive
  1. noun
    the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb
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    antonyms:
    actif, voix active
    the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
    type of:
    voix
    (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
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