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passive

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See also:Passiveandpassivé

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishpassyf,passyve, fromMiddle French,Frenchpassif, fromLatinpassivus(“serving to express the suffering of an action; in late Latin literally capable of suffering or feeling”), frompassus, past participle ofpati(“to suffer”), ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*peh₁-(“to hurt”); comparepatient.

Pronunciation

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(UK, US)enPR:păsʹ-ĭv,IPA^(key): /ˈpæs.ɪv/
Audio(US): (file)
Rhymes:-æsɪv
Hyphenation:pas‧sive

Adjective

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passive (comparativemorepassive,superlativemostpassive)

Examples (being in the passive voice)
The passive form of “A meteorite hit the earth” is “The earthwas hit by a meteorite.”

Being subjected to anaction without producing areaction.
Taking no action.
He remainedpassive during the protest.
(grammar) Being in thepassive voice.
(psychology) Beinginactive andsubmissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
(finance) Not participating in management.
(aviation) Withoutmotive power.
apassive balloon
apassive aeroplane
passive flight, such as gliding and soaring
(electronics) Of a component: that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
(passive provision) Where allowance is made for a possible future event.
Antonym:active
- 2021 May 5, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Heathrow Western Rail Access scheme 'on hold'”, inRAIL, number930, page26:
  There would be a shuttle service of four trains an hour from Reading, where the rebuilt station also haspassive provision for the trains.

not active, but acted upon

Belarusian:пасы́ўны(pasýŭny)
Bulgarian:паси́вен (bg)(pasíven)
Catalan:passiu (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:消極 /消极 (zh)(xiāojí)
Czech:pasivní (cs)
Dutch:passief (nl)
Estonian:loid
Finnish:passiivinen (fi)
French:passif (fr)
Georgian:please add this translation if you can
German:passiv (de)
Greek:
Ancient:παθητικός(pathētikós)
Hindi:निष्क्रिय (hi)(niṣkriya)
Hungarian:passzív (hu)
Italian:passivo (it)
Japanese:受動的 (ja)(じゅどうてき, judōteki),受け身(うけみ, ukemi)
Lithuanian:pasyvus
Middle English:passyf
Old English:þrowiendlīċ
Persian:منفعل (fa)(monfa'el),پاسیو (fa)(pâsiv)
Polish:bierny (pl)
Portuguese:passivo (pt)
Romanian:pasiv (ro)
Russian:пасси́вный (ru)(passívnyj)
Slovak:pasívny
Spanish:pasivo (es)
Swedish:passiv (sv)
Ukrainian:паси́вний (uk)(pasývnyj)
Vietnamese:bị động (vi)

taking no action

Bulgarian:бездеен (bg)(bezdeen)
Dutch:passief (nl)
Estonian:loid
Finnish:passiivinen (fi)
German:passiv (de)
Irish:fulangach
Middle English:passyf
Norwegian:passiv (no)
Persian:پاسیو (fa)(pâsiv)
Polish:bierny (pl)
Portuguese:passivo (pt)
Russian:пасси́вный (ru)(passívnyj),безде́ятельный (ru)(bezdéjatelʹnyj)
Slovak:pasívny,nečinný
Swedish:passiv (sv)
Vietnamese:thụ động (vi)

grammar: being in the passive voice

Albanian:pësor (sq)
Arabic:مَبْنِيٌّ لِلْمَجْهُول(mabniyyun lilmajhūl)
Armenian:կրավորական (hy)(kravorakan)
Azerbaijani:məchul (az)
Belarusian:зале́жны(zaljéžny),пасы́ўны(pasýŭny)
Bulgarian:страда́телен (bg)(stradátelen),паси́вен (bg)(pasíven)
Chinese:
Mandarin:被動 /被动 (zh)(bèidòng)
Czech:trpný
Danish:passiv
Dutch:lijdend (nl),lijdelijk (nl),passief (nl)
Estonian:passiiv
Finnish:passiivinen (fi),passiivimuotoinen
French:passif (fr)
German:leidend (de),leidentlich,passiv (de),passivisch (de)
Greek:παθητική (el)(pathitikí)
Ancient:παθητικός(pathētikós)
Hungarian:szenvedő (hu)
Irish:céasta
Italian:passivo (it)
Japanese:受動態 (ja)(じゅどうたい, judōtai)
Kannada:ಕರ್ಮಣಿ(karmaṇi)
Korean:수동태 (ko)(sudongtae)
Macedonian:пасивен(pasiven)
Middle English:passyf
Norwegian:passiv (no)
Persian:مجهول (fa)(majhul)
Polish:bierny (pl)
Portuguese:passivo (pt)
Russian:страда́тельный (ru)(stradátelʹnyj),пасси́вный (ru)(passívnyj)
Scottish Gaelic:fulangach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:трпни,пасиван
Roman:trpni (sh),pasivan (sh)
Slovak:trpný
Slovene:trpen,pasiven
Swedish:passiv (sv)
Turkish:edilgen (tr),pasif (tr)
Ukrainian:паси́вний (uk)(pasývnyj)
Vietnamese:bị động (vi)

psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship

Chinese:
Mandarin:被動 /被动 (zh)(bèidòng)
Dutch:passief (nl)
Finnish:passiivinen (fi)
German:unterwürfig
Italian:passivo (it)
Navajo:hoołtsoodii
Portuguese:passivo (pt)
Russian:пасси́вный (ru)(passívnyj)
Slovak:pasívny
Spanish:pasivo (es)
Turkish:pasif (tr)

finance: not bearing interest

Dutch:passief (nl)
Finnish:koroton (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Italian:passivo (it)
Romanian:pasiv (ro),supus (ro)
Spanish:pasivo (es)

Noun

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passive (pluralpassives)

(grammar) Thepassive voice ofverbs.
(grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.
(marketing) Acustomer who issatisfied with a product or service, but not keen enough topromote it byword of mouth.
- 2014, Roy Barnes, Bob Kelleher,Customer Experience For Dummies, page266:
  If you want to improve your organization's NPS, you need to follow up with your detractors,passives, and promoters to understand why they answered your question as they did and what you can do better in the future.
(electronics) Any component that consumes but does not produce energy, or is incapable of power gain.
- 2001,The Virginia Engineer, volume50, page20:
  Reductions In Both Size And Weight Offered By IntegratedPassives
  You may not know it yet, but if you're like most consumers, you want integratedpassives.
- 2010, Sridhar Canumalla, Puligandla Viswanadham,Portable Consumer Electronics: Packaging, Materials, and Reliability:
  The components include active devices such as logic, memory, processors, etc.;passives such as capacitors, resistors, crystal oscillators, inductances, etc.;[…]
(gaming)Short forpassive attack.
A thing whose worth decreases with time.