coordinating conjunction

English

Noun

Examples (English)
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so

coordinating conjunction (plural coordinating conjunctions)

1. (grammar) A conjunction that joins two grammatical elements of the same status or construction. It can join subjects, objects, verbs, nouns, adjectives, phrases, and independent clauses. [from 1875–80]

   Hypernym: conjunction

   Coordinate term: subordinating conjunction

   Near-synonym: coordinator

Translations

type of conjunction

• Arabic: حَرْف عَطْف m (ḥarf ʕaṭf)
• Breton: stagell genurzhiañ (br) f
• Dutch: nevenschikkend voegwoord n, nevenschikkende conjunctie f
• Finnish: rinnastuskonjunktio (fi)
• French: conjonction de coordination (fr) f
• German: koordinierende Konjunktion f
• Hungarian: mellérendelő kötőszó
• Icelandic: aðaltenging (is) f
• Italian: congiunzione coordinante f
• Khmer: ឈ្នាប់ចង (km) (chnoap jɑɑng)
• Latvian: sakārtojuma saiklis m, sakārtojuma saikļi m pl
• Persian: همبنیسال
• Polish: spójnik współrzędny m
• Romanian: conjuncție coordonatoare (ro) f
• Russian: сочини́тельный сою́з (ru) m (sočinítelʹnyj sojúz)
• Spanish: conjunción coordinante (es) f
• Walloon: adjondrece (wa)