動どう詞し状じょう名めい詞し

noun

gerund

Linguistics term for a verb form that functions as a noun, often corresponding to the English -ing form when used nominally.

• 英えい語ごの「running」は動どう詞し状じょう名めい詞しの例れいです。

  English 'running' is an example of a gerund.