determinans
See also: determináns and déterminans
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dētermināns, present active participle of dēterminō (“fix the limits of something”), from dē + terminō (“bound, limit”).
Noun
determinans
- (grammar) A modifier; a word that modifies another word.
- In the noun phrase “noun phrase”, “noun” is the determinans and “phrase” is the determinatum.
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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of dēterminō.
Participle
dētermināns (genitive dēterminantis); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension
Third-declension participle.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | dētermināns | dēterminantēs | dēterminantia | ||
Genitive | dēterminantis | dēterminantium | |||
Dative | dēterminantī | dēterminantibus | |||
Accusative | dēterminantem | dētermināns | dēterminantēs dēterminantīs |
dēterminantia | |
Ablative | dēterminante dēterminantī1 |
dēterminantibus | |||
Vocative | dētermināns | dēterminantēs | dēterminantia |
1When used purely as an adjective.