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phrasal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɹeɪzəl/
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Etymology

From phrase + -al.

Meanings

1. Relating to, or used in the manner of, a phrase.
2. Consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech.
   • phrasal preposition

Forms

Deriveds

phrasal verb · phrasally · phrasal adjective · interphrasal · phrasal prepositional verb · phrasal noun · nonphrasal · multiphrasal · phrasal adverb · phrasal preposition · phrasal typology

Translations (10)

eo fraza (relating to a phrase) · pt frasal (being a phrase) · el εκφραστικός (being a phrase) · eo fraza (being a phrase) · de Ausdrucks- (relating to a phrase) · de phrasalisch (being a phrase) · el φραστικός (relating to a phrase) · el φραστικός (being a phrase) · de Satz- (relating to a phrase) · pt frasal (relating to a phrase)

phrasal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɹeɪzəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From phrase + -al.

Meanings

1. A grammatical construct that consists of multiple words, but behaves as a single part of speech.
   • Furthermore, children demonstrated that they understood the mapping by elaborating phrasals to sententials, and reducing sententials to phrasals when imitating. 1985, Dan Isaac Slobin, The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition, page 105:
2. A grammatical construct that consists of multiple words, but behaves as a single part of speech. ▸ A phrasal verb.

Forms