attributive noun

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Noun

attributive noun (plural attributive nouns)

1. a noun that modifies another noun attributively and that is optional (that is, it can be removed without affecting the grammar of the sentence); a noun used as an adjective.

   For example, in the compound noun "chicken soup", the attributive noun "chicken" modifies the noun "soup".

Translations

grammar term

• Russian: определительное существительное (ru) (opredelítel'noje suščestvítel’noje) n , атрибутивное существительное (ru) (atributívnoje suščestvítel’noje) n 

• Turkish: tamlayan (tr)

Synonyms

• noun adjunct