adverbial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis. By surface analysis, adverb +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (UK)

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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

• adverbial accusative
• adverbial adjunct
• adverbial case
• adverbial clause
• adverbial genitive
• adverbially
• adverbial number
• adverbial participle
• adverbial particle
• adverbial phrase

 

Translations

of or relating to an adverb

• Albanian: ndajfoljor (sq)
• Armenian: մակբայական (hy) (makbayakan)
• Catalan: adverbial (ca)
• Czech: příslovečný
• Dutch: bijwoordelijk (nl), adverbiaal (nl)
• Finnish: adverbiaalinen
• French: adverbial (fr)
• Galician: adverbial
• German: adverbial (de), (rarer form) adverbiell (de), Adverbial-, umstandswörtlich, nebenwörtlich
• Greek: επιρρηματικός (el) (epirrimatikós)
• Hungarian: határozói (hu)
• Italian: avverbiale
• Macedonian: прилошки (priloški)
• Polish: przysłówkowy (pl), adwerbialny (pl)
• Portuguese: adverbial (pt)
• Romanian: adverbial (ro)
• Russian: наре́чный (ru) (naréčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: адвербан, приложни

  Roman: adverban (sh), priložni (sh)

• Slovene: prislóven
• Spanish: adverbial (es)
• Swedish: adverbiell (sv)
• Ukrainian: прислівнико́вий (pryslivnykóvyj)
• Volapük: ladvärbik (vo)
• Welsh: adferfol (cy)
• West Frisian: bywurdlik

Noun

adverbial (plural adverbials)

2. (grammar) An adverbial word or phrase.

Derived terms

• predicative adverbial

Translations

grammar: word or phrase modifying a verb

• Arabic: ظَرْف‎ m (ẓarf)
• Azerbaijani: zərflik
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: příslovečné určení n
• Finnish: adverbiaali (fi)
• French: complément adverbial m
• German: Umstandsbestimmung (de) f, Adverbialbestimmung (de) f, adverbiale Bestimmung (de) f, Adverbial (de) n, Adverbiale (de) n
• Hungarian: határozó (hu)
• 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) (bajc)
• 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

Further reading

• adverbial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əd.vəɾ.biˈal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əd.bər.biˈal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ad.veɾ.biˈal/

Adjective

adverbial (masculine and feminine plural adverbials)

1. adverbial

Derived terms

• adverbialment

Related terms

• adverbi

Further reading

• “adverbial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.vɛʁ.bjal/

• Audio

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• Homophones: adverbiale, adverbiales

Adjective

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

1. adverbial

Derived terms

• adverbialement
• locution adverbiale

Related terms

• adverbe

Further reading

• “adverbial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

Adverb +‎ -ial

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔatvɛɐ̯ˈbi̯aːl/

• Audio

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• Audio

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Adjective

adverbial (strong nominative masculine singular adverbialer, not comparable)

1. adverbial

Declension

Positive forms of adverbial (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
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
• “adverbial” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French adverbial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /advɛːbjal/

Adjective

adverbial

1. adverbial

Related terms

• adverb

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

adverbial n (definite singular adverbialet, indefinite plural adverbial or adverbialer, definite plural adverbiala or adverbialene)

1. adverbial (adverbial clause)

References

• “adverbial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

adverbial n (definite singular adverbialet, indefinite plural adverbial, definite plural adverbiala)

1. adverbial (adverbial clause)

References

• “adverbial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.veʁ.biˈaw/ [a.d͡ʒi.veɦ.bɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒi.veʁˈbjaw/ [a.d͡ʒi.veɦˈbjaʊ̯], /ad͡ʒ.veʁ.biˈaw/ [ad͡ʒ.veɦ.bɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ad͡ʒ.veʁˈbjaw/ [ad͡ʒ.veɦˈbjaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.veʁ.biˈaw/ [a.d͡ʒi.veɦ.bɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒi.veʁˈbjaw/ [a.d͡ʒi.veɦˈbjaʊ̯], /ad͡ʒ.veʁ.biˈaw/ [ad͡ʒ.veɦ.bɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ad͡ʒ.veʁˈbjaw/ [ad͡ʒ.veɦˈbjaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.veɾ.biˈaw/ [a.d͡ʒi.veɾ.bɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒi.veɾˈbjaw/ [a.d͡ʒi.veɾˈbjaʊ̯], /ad͡ʒ.veɾ.biˈaw/ [ad͡ʒ.veɾ.bɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ad͡ʒ.veɾˈbjaw/ [ad͡ʒ.veɾˈbjaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.veʁ.biˈaw/ [a.d͡ʒi.veʁ.bɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒi.veʁˈbjaw/ [a.d͡ʒi.veʁˈbjaʊ̯], /ad͡ʒ.veʁ.biˈaw/ [ad͡ʒ.veʁ.bɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ad͡ʒ.veʁˈbjaw/ [ad͡ʒ.veʁˈbjaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.veɻ.biˈaw/ [ad͡ʒ.veɻ.bɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ad͡ʒ.veɻˈbjaw/ [ad͡ʒ.veɻˈbjaʊ̯], /a.d͡ʒi.veɻ.biˈaw/ [a.d͡ʒi.veɻ.bɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒi.veɻˈbjaw/ [a.d͡ʒi.veɻˈbjaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dvɨɾˈbjal/ [ɐ.ðvɨɾˈβjaɫ]

Adjective

adverbial m or f (plural adverbiais)

1. adverbial (of or relating to an adverb)

Derived terms

• adverbialmente

Related terms

• advérbio

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French adverbial, from Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.ver.biˈal/

Adjective

adverbial m or 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	adverbiali
	definite	adverbialul		adverbiala	adverbialii	adverbialile
genitive/ dative	indefinite	adverbial		adverbiali	adverbiali	adverbiali
	definite	adverbialului		adverbialii	adverbialilor	adverbialilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adbeɾˈbjal/ [að̞.β̞eɾˈβ̞jal]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ad‧ver‧bial

Adjective

adverbial (plural adverbiales)

1. adverbial

Derived terms

• adverbialmente
• locución adverbial

 

Related terms

• adverbio

 

Further reading

• “adverbial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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