subordinating conjunction

English

Noun

Examples
"because" in "I'm staying in because it's raining."

subordinating conjunction (plural subordinating conjunctions)

1. (grammar) A word that appears at the beginning of a subordinate clause and establishes its nature.

   Coordinate term: coordinating conjunction

Translations

a word establishing the nature of a subordinate clause

• Breton: stagell isurzhiañ (br) f
• Dutch: onderschikkend voegwoord n
• Finnish: alistuskonjunktio (fi)
• French: conjonction de subordination (fr) f
• German: unterordnendes Bindewort n, unterordnende Konjunktion f, subordinierende Konjunktion f, Subjunktion (de) f
• Hungarian: alárendelő kötőszó
• Icelandic: aukatenging (is) f
• Italian: congiunzione subordinante f
• Khmer: ឈ្នាប់ឃ្លា (km) (chnoap klie)
• Persian: زیربنیسال (fa)
• Polish: spójnik podrzędny m
• Romanian: conjuncție subordonatoare (ro) f
• Russian: подчини́тельный сою́з (ru) m (podčinítelʹnyj sojúz)
• Spanish: conjunción subordinante (es) f
• Swedish: subjunktion (sv) c

See also

• as
• because
• if
• since
• till
• where
• while