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main clause

main clause - English

Noun

main clause (plural main clauses)

  1. (grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.

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Translations

  • Breton: pennlavarenn (br) f, lavarenn dizalc'h f
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 主要小句 (zhǔyào xiǎojù), 主句 (zh) (zhǔjù)
  • Danish: hovedsætning c
  • Dutch: hoofdzin (nl) m
  • Finnish: päälause (fi)
  • French: proposition principale (fr) f
  • Georgian: მთავარი წინადადება (mtavari c̣inadadeba)
  • German: Hauptsatz (de) m
  • Hungarian: főmondat (hu)
  • Icelandic: aðalsetning (is) f
  • Irish: príomhchlásal m
  • Italian: proposizione principale f
  • Japanese: 主文 (ja) (しゅぶん, jūbun), 主節 (しゅせつ, shusetsu)
  • Kurdish:
  • Polish: zdanie główne n
  • Portuguese: oração coordenada f
  • Russian: гла́вное предложе́ние n (glávnoje predložénije)
  • Spanish: proposición principal f
  • Swedish: huvudsats (sv) c
  • Thai: มุขยประโยค (th) (múk-kà-yá-bprà-yòok), ประโยคหลัก (th) (bprà-yòok-làk)
  • Welsh: prif gymal m
Meaning and Definition of main clause
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