adverbial

English

Etymology

From adverb +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ædˈvɝbi.əl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ədˈvɜːbi.əl/

Adjective

adverbial (comparative more adverbial, superlative most adverbial)

1. (grammar) Of or relating to an adverb.
   • 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 9, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 495:

     And in (123) below, a (bracketed) Adverbial Phrase has undergone WH MOVEMENT:
     (123) (a)      [How quickly] will he drink the beer —?
     (123) (b)      [How carefully] did he plan his campaign —?
     (123) (c)      [How well] did he treat her —?

Derived terms

terms derived from adverbial (adjective)

• adverbially
• adverbial adjunct
• adverbial case

• adverbial clause
• adverbial phrase

Translations

of or relating to an adverb

• Armenian: մակբայական (hy) (makbayakan)
• Catalan: adverbial (ca)
• Czech: příslovečný
• Dutch: bijwoordelijk (nl)
• French: adverbial (fr)
• German: adverbial (de), (rarer form) adverbiell (de), Adverbial-, umstandswörtlich, nebenwörtlich
• Greek: επιρρηματικός (el) (epirrimatikós)
• Hungarian: határozói (hu)
• Italian: avverbiale
• Macedonian: прилошки m (príloški)
• Polish: przysłówkowy m

• Portuguese: adverbial (pt)
• Romanian: adverbial (ro) m, n
• Russian: наре́чный (ru) (naréčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: адвербан, приложни

  Roman: adverban (sh), priložni (sh)

• Slovene: prislóven
• Spanish: adverbial (es)
• Swedish: adverbiell (sv)
• Volapük: ladvärbik (vo)

Noun

adverbial (plural adverbials)

1. (grammar) An adverbial word or phrase.

See also

• adverbial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

grammar: word or phrase modifying a verb

• Arabic: ظَرْف m (ẓarf)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狀語 (zh), 状语 (zh) (zhuàngyǔ); (adverb) 副詞 (zh), 副词 (zh) (fùcí)

• Czech: příslovečné určení n
• French: complément adverbial m
• German: Umstandsbestimmung (de) f, Adverbialbestimmung (de) f, adverbiale Bestimmung (de) f, Adverbial (de) n, Adverbiale (de) n

• Japanese: (adverb) 副詞 (ja) (ふくし, fukushi), 副詞句 (ふくしく, fukushiku), 副詞節 (ふくしせつ, fukushisetsu)
• Mongolian: байц (mn) (bajts)
• Polish: okolicznik (pl) m
• Portuguese: adverbial (pt) m
• Russian: обстоя́тельство (ru) n (obstojátelʹstvo), (adverb) наре́чие (ru) n (naréčije), адвербиа́л (ru) m (adverbiál)
• Swedish: adverbial (sv) n

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Catalan

Adjective

adverbial (masculine and feminine plural adverbials)

1. adverbial

Derived terms

• adverbialment

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.vɛʁ.bjal/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophones: adverbiale, adverbiales

Adjective

adverbial (feminine singular adverbiale, masculine plural adverbiaux, feminine plural adverbiales)

1. adverbial

Further reading

• “adverbial” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Etymology

Adverb +‎ -ial

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔatvɛɐ̯ˈbi̯aːl/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

adverbial (not comparable)

1. adverbial

Declension

Declension of adverbial

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist adverbial	sie ist adverbial	es ist adverbial	sie sind adverbial
strong declension (without article)	nominative	adverbialer	adverbiale	adverbiales	adverbiale
	genitive	adverbialen	adverbialer	adverbialen	adverbialer
	dative	adverbialem	adverbialer	adverbialem	adverbialen
	accusative	adverbialen	adverbiale	adverbiales	adverbiale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der adverbiale	die adverbiale	das adverbiale	die adverbialen
	genitive	des adverbialen	der adverbialen	des adverbialen	der adverbialen
	dative	dem adverbialen	der adverbialen	dem adverbialen	den adverbialen
	accusative	den adverbialen	die adverbiale	das adverbiale	die adverbialen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein adverbialer	eine adverbiale	ein adverbiales	(keine) adverbialen
	genitive	eines adverbialen	einer adverbialen	eines adverbialen	(keiner) adverbialen
	dative	einem adverbialen	einer adverbialen	einem adverbialen	(keinen) adverbialen
	accusative	einen adverbialen	eine adverbiale	ein adverbiales	(keine) adverbialen

Further reading

• adverbial in Duden online

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Norwegian

Noun

adverbial

1. adverbial

Inflection

    Inflection of adverbial

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål n	adverbial	adverbialt	adverbial/adverbialr	a/adverbialne
Nynorsk n	adverbial	adverbialet	adverbial	adverbiala

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Portuguese

Adjective

adverbial m, f (plural adverbiais, comparable)

1. adverbial (of or relating to an adverb)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French adverbial and Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.ver.biˈal/

Adjective

adverbial m, n (feminine singular adverbială, masculine plural adverbiali, feminine and neuter plural adverbiale)

1. adverbial

Declension

declension of adverbial

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	adverbial		adverbială	adverbiali	adverbiale
	definite	adverbialul		adverbiala	adverbialii	adverbialele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	adverbial		adverbiale	adverbiali	adverbiale
	definite	adverbialului		adverbialei	adverbialilor	adverbialelor

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Spanish

Adjective

adverbial (plural adverbiales)

1. adverbial

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Swedish

Noun

adverbial n

1. an adverbial word or phrase

Declension

Declension of adverbial
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	adverbial	adverbialet	adverbial	adverbialen
Genitive	adverbials	adverbialets	adverbials	adverbialens

Related terms

• adverbialsats
• rumsadverbial