subordinate clause

See also: subordinate-clause

English

Noun

subordinate clause (plural subordinate clauses)

1. (grammar) A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence, but functions as either a noun, adjective or adverb in a sentence.

   "If they live long enough" in "If they live long enough, Samuel and Milady will visit all the countries in the world." is a subordinate clause.

Synonyms

• dependent clause

Related terms

• independent clause
• relative clause

Translations

a clause that cannot stand alone

• Breton: islavarenn (br) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 從屬小句, 从属小句 (cóngshǔ xiǎojù), 從句 (zh), 从句 (zh) (cóngjù)

• Czech: vedlejší věta
• Danish: ledsætning c, bisætning c
• Dutch: bijzin (nl) m
• Finnish: sivulause (fi)
• French: proposition subordonnée (fr) f, subordonnée (fr) f
• Ga: wiemɔ fafai
• Georgian: დამოკიდებული წინადადება (damoḳidebuli c̣inadadeba)
• German: Nebensatz (de) m
• Greek: δευτερεύουσα πρόταση f (defterévousa prótasi)
• Hungarian: alárendelt mondat, alárendelt mellékmondat
• Icelandic: aukasetning f
• Irish: fochlásal m
• Italian: proposizione subordinata f
• Japanese: 従属節 (じゅうぞくせつ, jūzokusetsu), 付属節 (ふぞくせつ, fuzokusetsu)
• Korean: 종속절 (ko) (jongsokjeol) (從屬節 (ko))

• Latin: ^{(please verify)} sententia subordinata f
• Latvian: palīgteikums m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: leddsetning m or f, bisetning m or f

  Nynorsk: leddsetning f, ledsetning f

• Polish: zdanie podrzędne (pl) n
• Portuguese: oração subordinada f
• Russian: прида́точное предложе́ние n (pridátočnoje predložénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: fo-chlàs m
• Serbo-Croatian: zavisna rečenica f
• Spanish: proposición subordinada f
• Swedish: bisats (sv) c
• Thai: อนุประโยค (th) (à-nú-bprà-yòok), ประโยคย่อย (th) (bprà-yòok-yɔ̂i)
• Turkish: yan cümle (tr), yan tümce (tr)
• Welsh: isgymal m