In linguistics, “gerund” is a term used to refer to various non-finite verb forms in various languages: As applied to English, it refers to what might be called a verb's action noun, which is one of the uses of the -ing form. This is also the term's use as applied to Latin; see Latin conjugation. As applied to Spanish, it refers to an adverbial participle (a verbal adverb), called in Spanish the gerundio. As applied to French, it refers either to the adverbial participle —… (More on Gerund)