attributive adjective
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
attributive adjective (plural attributive adjectives)
- (grammar) An adjective that modifies the head of a noun phrase in which it occurs.
- The word “red” in “the red balloon” is an attributive adjective.
Usage notes[edit]
As opposed to predicative adjectives, attributive adjectives are part of the noun phrase that they modify.
Translations[edit]
adjective that describes only an attribute
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