attributive adjective

English

Noun

attributive adjective (plural attributive adjectives)

1. (grammar) An adjective that modifies the head of the noun phrase in which it occurs; an adjective that precedes the word or phrase it modifies.

   The word “red” in “the red balloon” is an attributive adjective.

   In the phrase “attributive adjective”, “attributive” is the attributive adjective.

Usage notes

• As opposed to predicative adjectives, attributive adjectives are part of the noun phrase that they modify.

Coordinate terms

• postpositive adjective

Translations

adjective that precedes the word or phrase it modifies

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 形容詞定語 / 形容词定语 (xíngróngcí dìngyǔ)

• Dutch: attributief bijvoeglijk naamwoord n
• Finnish: attributiivinen adjektiivi
• French: adjectif épithète m, épithète (fr) m
• German: attributives Adjektiv n
• Irish: aidiacht cháilíochta f
• Italian: aggettivo attributo m
• Mongolian: тэмдэг нэр тодотгол (temdeg ner todotgol), тэмдэг үг тодотгол (temdeg üg todotgol) (Inner Mongolia)
• Romanian: adjectiv atributiv n
• Scottish Gaelic: buadhair buaidh-aithriseach m
• Spanish: adjetivo atributivo m
• Welsh: ansoddair disgrifiadol m