adjectival noun en · NOUN
Meanings
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A noun used as an adjective.
Near-synonyms: attributive noun, noun adjunct (broadly synonymous)
- (in Japanese grammar) A specific part of speech, categorized in Japanese as 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi). Some of these words can be used as regular nouns, and all can be used as adjectives when followed by the postfix な (na), in contrast to Japanese common adjectives, 形容詞 (keiyōshi).
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(in Czech and Slovak grammar) Nouns that have the form of adjectives (often originally adjectives used as nouns).
Adjectival nouns are simply identical in form to adjectives of a particular gender and decline accordingly.
2005, James D. Naughton, Czech: An Essential Grammar, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 45:
- (in English metalanguage, sometimes) A nominalized adjective.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| adjectival nouns | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Hypernyms
term · noun · word · adjective
Synonyms
attributive noun · noun adjunct[Appendix:Glossary
Translations (3)
cs zpodstatnělé přídavné jméno (Adjectival noun in Czech grammar) · cy enw ansoddeiriol (Adjectival noun in Czech grammar) · sk spodstatnené prídavné meno (Adjectival noun in Czech grammar)