adjective

See also: adjectivé

adjective - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɛk.tɪv/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.ək.tɪv/, /ˈæd͡ʒ.ə.tɪv/

Noun

adjective (plural adjectives)

  1. (grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
    • The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives.
  2. (obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.

Synonyms

  • See adjective

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

adjective (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
  2. (law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
  3. (chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
  4. (obsolete, reflected in the chemical sense, but extinct as a general sense) Incapable of independent function.

Translations

  • Catalan: adjectiu (ca)
  • Galician: adxectivo (gl) m
  • Japanese: 非独立性の (hidokuritsusei no), 依存性の (izonsei no)
  • Kurdish:

Verb

adjective (third-person singular simple present adjectives, present participle adjectiving, simple past and past participle adjectived)

  1. (transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
  2. (transitive, chiefly as a participle) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.

Synonyms

Translations

adjective - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /a.dʒɛk.tiv/

Adjective

adjective

  1. feminine singular of adjectif

adjective - Latin

Adjective

adjectīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of adjectīvus

adjective - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ad.ʒekˈti.ve]

Noun

adjective

  1. plural of adjectiv

adjective - Scots

Noun

adjective (plural adjectives)

  1. (grammar) adjective
Meaning and Definition of adjective
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