phrasal preposition

English

Examples
owing to out of on top of

Noun

phrasal preposition (plural phrasal prepositions)

1. (grammar) A preposition composed of several words rather than just one.

   Hypernyms: preposition; adposition

   In English, most phrasal prepositions consist of an adverbial followed by a one-word preposition.

Coordinate terms

• adjective phrase
• adverbial phrase
• conjunctional phrase
• interjectional phrase
• noun phrase
• phrasal noun
• phrasal verb
• pronominal phrase
• verb phrase

Translations

phrasal preposition

• Breton: araogenn gevrennek (br) f
• Dutch: samengesteld voorzetsel n
• Finnish: prepositiofraasi
• French: locution prépositive (fr) f
• German: zusammengesetzte Präposition f
• Italian: locuzione preposizionale f
• Portuguese: locução prepositiva (pt) f
• Romanian: locuțiune prepozițională f
• Welsh: arddodiad cyfansawdd m

See also

• prepositional phrase