passive

Etymology
From, , from , , from , from , past participle of , ultimately from ; compare.

Adjective

 * 1) Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
 * 2) Taking no action.
 * He remained passive during the protest.
 * 1)  Being in the passive voice.
 * 2)  Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
 * 3)  Not participating in management.
 * 4)  Without motive power.
 * a passive balloon; a passive aeroplane; passive flight, such as gliding and soaring
 * 1)  Of a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
 * 2)  Where allowance is made for a possible future event.

Translations

 * Belarusian: пасы́ўны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: loid
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: παθητικός
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 受動的, 受け身
 * Lithuanian: pasyvus
 * Middle English: passyf
 * Old English: þrowiendlīċ
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: pasívny
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: loid
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Irish: fulangach
 * Middle English: passyf
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: pasívny, nečinný
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مَبْنِيٌّ لِلْمَجْهُول
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: зале́жны, пасы́ўны
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: trpný
 * Danish: passiv
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Estonian: passiiv
 * Finnish:, passiivimuotoinen
 * French:
 * German:, leidentlich, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: παθητικός
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: céasta
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada: ಕರ್ಮಣಿ
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: пасивен
 * Middle English: passyf
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: fulangach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: трпни, пасиван
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: trpný
 * Slovene: trpen, pasiven
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: unterwürfig
 * Italian:
 * Navajo: hoołtsoodii
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: pasívny
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Italian:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1)  The passive voice of verbs.
 * 2)  A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.
 * 3)  A customer who is satisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough to promote it by word of mouth.
 * 4)  Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
 * 1)  Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: passiivimuoto,
 * German:, Passivum, passives Verb, passives Verbum
 * Latin: verbum passivum, verbum patiendi
 * Middle English: passyf
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Slovak: pasívum

Etymology
From, ultimately from.

Adverb

 * 1) randomly
 * 2) disorderly