Dictionary

attributive noun en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A noun that modifies another noun (thus functioning adjectivally) and that is grammatically optional; it may be a single word, a compound noun, or a noun phrase.
2. (qualifier:when referring to a language other than English) A noun denoting bearer of a quality or an attribute of a subject, in reference to the lexical morpheme from which it is derived.

Forms

Synonyms

noun premodifier · noun adjunct · apposite noun · noun modifier · qualifying noun

Translations (9)

fr nom épithète (a noun that modifies another noun attributively) · hu főnévi jelző (a noun that modifies another noun attributively) · cmn 歸屬名詞 /归属名词 (a noun that modifies another noun attributively) · pl rzeczownik atrybutywny (a noun that modifies another noun attributively) · fi substantiivimääre (a noun that modifies another noun attributively) · ru атрибути́вное существи́тельное (a noun that modifies another noun attributively) · fi substantiivimäärite (a noun that modifies another noun attributively) · ru определи́тельное существи́тельное (a noun that modifies another noun attributively) · tr tamlayan (a noun that modifies another noun attributively)