main clause

See also: main-clause

English

Noun

main clause (plural main clauses)

1. (grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.

Synonyms

• independent clause
• matrix clause

Translations

grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主要小句 (zhǔyào xiǎojù), 主句 (zh) (zhǔjù)

• Danish: hovedsætning c
• Dutch: hoofdzin (nl) m, ^{(please verify)} enkelvoudige zin m
• Finnish: päälause (fi)
• French: ^{(please verify)} proposition simple f
• Georgian: მთავარი წინადადება (mtavari c̣inadadeba)
• German: Hauptsatz (de) m
• Hungarian: főmondat (hu)
• Icelandic: aðalsetning (is) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: príomhchlásal m
• Japanese: 主文 (ja) (しゅぶん, jūbun), 主節 (しゅせつ, shusetsu)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: hevoka sereke (ku) f

• Polish: zdanie główne n
• Portuguese: oração coordenada f
• Russian: гла́вное предложе́ние n (glávnoje predložénije)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} oración afirmativa f
• Swedish: huvudsats (sv) c
• Thai: มุขยประโยค (th) (múk-kà-yá-bprà-yòok), ประโยคหลัก (th) (bprà-yòok-làk)