noun🔗ShareParticipe(grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective or noun. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles."Studying participles helps you understand how verbs can act like adjectives to describe nouns, like in the phrase "running water". "Étudier les participes vous aide à comprendre comment les verbes peuvent agir comme des adjectifs pour décrire les noms, comme dans l'expression « eau courante ».grammarlanguagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading