verbal

Εννοια (English)

Adj

1. Of or relating to words.
2. Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
3. Consisting of words only.
4. Expressly spoken rather than written; oral.
5. Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
6. Used to form a verb.
7. Capable of speech.
8. Word for word.
9. (obsolete) Abounding with words; verbose.

Noun

1. A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.
2. A spoken confession given to police.
3. (colloquial) Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding.

Verb

To allege (usually falsely) that someone has made an oral admission.

Synonyms

oral

spoken

vocal

literal

1pl

verb

viva voce

textual

orally

personal

phrasal

scriptural

statement

linguistic

verbally

verbatim

vocalized

word of mouth

word-of-mouth

wordy

viva-voce

language

verbid

expressed by words

tell-tale

articulated

buccal

by heart

ex

inc

literary

nuncupative

Με παύλα ως

ver‧bal

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈvɜː.bəl/

Ετυμολογία (English)

From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.