Dictionary

subordinate clause en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence but rather functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb within a sentence, having been cued by any of various introductory words that subordinate it (complementize it).

Forms

Coordinates

main clause · independent clause

Deriveds

subclause

Hypernyms

clause

Synonyms

dependent clause · embedded clause

Translations (42)

nl bijzin (a clause that cannot stand alone) · ak ɔkasamufa kumaa (a clause that cannot stand alone) · br islavarenn (a clause that cannot stand alone) · cy isgymal (a clause that cannot stand alone) · pl zdanie podrzędne (a clause that cannot stand alone) · sh zavisna rečenica (a clause that cannot stand alone) · ka დამოკიდებული წინადადება (a clause that cannot stand alone) · el δευτερεύουσα πρόταση (a clause that cannot stand alone) · ga fochlásal (a clause that cannot stand alone) · is aukasetning (a clause that cannot stand alone) · tr yan cümle (a clause that cannot stand alone) · nb leddsetning (a clause that cannot stand alone) · tr yan tümce (a clause that cannot stand alone) · az budaq cümlə (a clause that cannot stand alone) · ru прида́точное предложе́ние (a clause that cannot stand alone) · cmn 從屬小句 /从属小句 (a clause that cannot stand alone) · sv bisats (a clause that cannot stand alone) · de Gliedsatz (a clause that cannot stand alone) · da ledsætning (a clause that cannot stand alone) · hu mellékmondat (a clause that cannot stand alone) · nb bisetning (a clause that cannot stand alone) · cs vedlejší věta (a clause that cannot stand alone) · fr proposition subordonnée (a clause that cannot stand alone) · th ประโยคย่อย (a clause that cannot stand alone) · es proposición subordinada (a clause that cannot stand alone) · ja 従属節 (a clause that cannot stand alone) · it proposizione subordinata (a clause that cannot stand alone) · gd fo-chlàs (a clause that cannot stand alone) · ko 종속절 (a clause that cannot stand alone) · de Nebensatz (a clause that cannot stand alone) · lv palīgteikums (a clause that cannot stand alone) · th อนุประโยค (a clause that cannot stand alone) · ro propoziție subordonată (a clause that cannot stand alone) · pt oração subordinada (a clause that cannot stand alone) · nn ledsetning (a clause that cannot stand alone) · fr subordonnée (a clause that cannot stand alone) · cmn 從句 /从句 (a clause that cannot stand alone) · gaa wiemɔ fafai (a clause that cannot stand alone) · ja 付属節 (a clause that cannot stand alone) · nn leddsetning (a clause that cannot stand alone) · fi sivulause (a clause that cannot stand alone) · da bisætning (a clause that cannot stand alone)