attributive

English

Etymology

attribute +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.ˈtɹɪ.bju.tɪv/, [əˈtʃɹɪbjuɾɪv]

Adjective

attributive (comparative more attributive, superlative most attributive)

1. (grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.

   In "this big house", "big" is attributive, whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.

   In "this tiger is a man-eater," "man" is an attributive noun.

   • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 197:

     Since both Attributes and Adjuncts recursively expand N-bar into N-bar, it seems clear that the two have essentially the same function, so that Attributes are simply pronominal Adjuncts (though we shall continue to follow tradition and refer to attributive premodifiers as Attributes rather than Adjuncts).

   Antonym: predicative

2. Having the nature of an attribute.
3. Serving to express an attribute of an object.

Derived terms

• attributive adjective
• attributively
• attributive noun
• attributive verb

 

Related terms

• attribute

Translations

of, or being an attributive

• Azerbaijani: təyini
• Catalan: atributiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定語／定语 (zh) (dìngyǔ), 定语 (zh) (dìngyǔ)

• Danish: attributiv
• Dutch: attributief (nl)
• Finnish: attributiivinen
• French: épithète (fr)
• German: attributiv (de)
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• Hungarian: jelzői
• Interlingue:
• Irish: aitreabúideach
• Romanian: atributiv (ro) m or n
• Russian: определи́тельный (ru) (opredelítelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: buaidh-aithriseach
• Spanish: atributivo
• Swedish: attributiv (sv)

having the nature of an attribute

• Catalan: atributiu
• Dutch: attributief (nl)
• Finnish: attributiivinen
• French: attributif (fr) m, attributive (fr) f
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• German: attributiv (de)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: cáilíochta
• Russian: атрибути́вный (ru) (atributívnyj)

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Noun

attributive (plural attributives)

1. (grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.

   In "this big house," "big" is an attributive, while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.

Translations

a word or phrase that modifies a noun and is part of the noun's noun phrase

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 定語／定语 (zh) (dìngyǔ), 定语 (zh) (dìngyǔ)

• Finnish: attributiivi
• French: épithète (fr) m
• Hungarian: jelző (hu)
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• Interlingue:
• Japanese: 連体形 (ja) (れんたいけい, rentaikei)
• Northern Sami: attribuhtta
• Polish: przydawka (pl) f
• Russian: определе́ние (ru) n (opredelénije), атрибути́в m (atributív)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tʁi.by.tiv/

• Audio (Paris):

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Adjective

attributive

1. feminine singular of attributif

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

attributive

1. inflection of attributiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Italian

Adjective

attributive

1. feminine plural of attributivo

Anagrams

• ributtatevi