Adjective Definition
adjective
English
Etymology
From Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectīvum, from ad (“next to”) + -iect-, perfect passive participle of iaciō (“throw”) + -īvus, adjective ending; hence, a word "thrown next to" a noun, modifying it.
Pronunciation
Adjective
adjective (not generally comparable; )
- (obsolete) Incapable of independent function.
- 1899, John Jay Chapman, Emerson and Other Essays, AMS Press (1969) (as reproduced in Project Gutenberg)
- In fact, God is of not so much importance in Himself, but as the end towards which man tends. That irreverent person who said that Browning uses “God” as a pigment made an accurate criticism of his theology. In Browning, God is adjective to man.
- (grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
- (law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
- adjective law
- (chemistry) Of a dye that needs the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure): substantive
- (of a dye that needs the use of a mordant): substantive
Derived terms
Noun
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Adjective
Wikipedia adjective (plural adjectives)
- (grammar) A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent.
- The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives.
Hyponyms
Translations
(grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
- Afrikaans: byvoeglike naamwoord (af)
- Albanian: mbiemër (sq)
- Tosk: adjektiv (als)
- Arabic: نعت (ar) (na3t), صفة (ar) (Sífa) f.
- Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
- Aramaic: גדשניא (gedšanāya) m.
- Armenian: ածական (hy) (açakan)
- Assamese: please add this translation if you can
- Asturian: axetivu (ast) m.
- Azeri: sifət (az)
- Bashkir: please add this translation if you can
- Basque: adjektibo (eu), izenondo (eu)
- Bavarian: please add this translation if you can
- Belarusian: прыметнік (be) (prymetnik)
- Bengali: বিশেষণ (bn) (bisheshawn)
- Bishnupriya Manipuri: please add this translation if you can
- Breton: anv-gwan (br)
- Bulgarian: прилагателно име (prilagátelno íme) n.
- Burmese: နာမဝိသေသန (my) (nama witheithana)
- Buryat: please add this translation if you can
- Catalan: adjectiu (ca) m.
- Cebuano: please add this translation if you can
- Chechen: билгалдош
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 形容詞
- Gan: please add this translation if you can
- Hakka: please add this translation if you can
- Mandarin: trad. 形容詞, simpl. 形容词 (xíngróngcí)
- Min Dong: please add this translation if you can
- Min Nan: hêng-iông-sû
- Chuvash: паллă ячĕ
- Cornish: hanow gwan (kw) m.
- Corsican: please add this translation if you can
- Crimean Tatar: sıfat
- Croatian: pridjev (hr) m.
- Czech: přídavné jméno (cs) n.
- Danish: tillægsord (da), adjektiv (da)
- Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
- Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: bijvoeglijk naamwoord (nl) n., adjectief (nl) n.
- Esperanto: adjektivo (eo)
- Estonian: omadussõna (et), adjektiiv (et)
- Faroese: lýsingarorð (fo) n.
- Finnish: adjektiivi (fi), laatusana (fi)
- French: adjectif (fr) m.
- Friulian: agetîv
- Galician: adxectivo (gl)
- Georgian: ზედსართავი სახელი (zedsart‘avi saxeli)
- German: Adjektiv (de) n., Eigenschaftswort (de) n.
- Greek: επίθετο (el) (epítheto) n.
- Hebrew: שם תואר (he)
- Hindi: बिशेषण (hi) (biśeṣaṇ) m.
- Hungarian: melléknév (hu)
- Icelandic: lýsingarorð (is) n.
- Ido: adjektivo (io)
- Indonesian: kata sifat (id), adjektiva (id)
- Interlingua: adjectivo (ia)
- Interlingue: adjective (ie)
- Irish: aidiacht (ga) f.
- Italian: aggettivo (it) m.
- Japanese: 形容詞 (ja) (keiyōshi) (けいようし) (for "い" ending in Japanese, and translation for "adjective" in other languages), 形容動詞 (ja) (keiyō-dōshi) (けいようどうし) (for "だ/な" ending)
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French
Adjective
adjective f.
- feminine form of adjectif
Interlingue
Noun
adjective
- adjective
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
adjective n. pl.
- Plural form of adjectiv.
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