predicative

English

Alternative forms

• prædicative (dated)

Etymology

predicate +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/, /ˈpɹɛdəˌkeɪtɪv/, /ˈpɹɛdəkətɪv/

Adjective

predicative (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of an adjectival or nominal phrase) Used after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.

   In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative, whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive.

Antonyms

• attributive

Derived terms

• predicatively
• predicative adjective
• predicative case

Translations

used after a verb

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 作表語的／作表语的, 作表语的 (zuò biǎoyǔ de)

• Danish: prædikativ
• Dutch: predicatief (nl)
• Esperanto: predikativa
• Finnish: predikatiivinen
• French: attributif (fr)
• Georgian: გარემოება (garemoeba)
• German: prädikativ (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: κατηγορηματικός (el) m (katigorimatikós)
• Norwegian: predikativ (no)
• Occitan: atributiu
• Portuguese: predicativo (pt)
• Russian: предикати́вный (ru) (predikatívnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: aisneiseach
• Swedish: predikativ (sv)
• Turkish: yüklemcil (tr)

Noun

predicative (plural predicatives)

1. (grammar) An element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.

Examples

• He seems nice. (adjectival predicative of the subject)
• Bob is a postman. (nominal predicative of the subject)
• We painted the door white. (adjectival predicative of the object)
• They elected him president. (nominal predicative of the object)

Translations

element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表語／表语 (zh) (biǎoyǔ), 表语 (zh) (biǎoyǔ)

• Finnish: predikatiivi (fi)
• French: attribut (fr) m
• German: Prädikativum (de) n, Prädikativ (de) n
• Greek: κατηγορούμενο (el) n (katigoroúmeno)
• Indonesian: predikatif (id)
• Japanese: 述詞 (jutsushi), 叙述語 (jojutsugo)
• Occitan: atribut m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: orzecznik (pl) m
• Portuguese: predicativo (pt) m
• Russian: именна́я часть составно́го сказу́емого (ru) f (imennája častʹ sostavnóvo skazújemovo), предикати́в (ru) m (predikatív)
• Slovak: přísudkový
• Slovene: predikativna
• Swedish: predikativ (sv)
• Tajik: мустанадӣ (mustanadī)
• Turkmen: predikatiw

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Italian

Adjective

predicative

1. feminine plural of predicativo

Anagrams

• deprecativi