adjective
A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referentA word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
» Some English adverbs function as adjectives.
Деякі англійські прислівники виконують функції прикметників.
Meaning
2 sensesA word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives.
Adjektiv, Eigenschaftswort, Beiwort
и́мя прилага́тельноеímja prilagátelʹnoje, прилага́тельноеprilagátelʹnoje
прикме́тникprykmétnyk
(obsolete)A dependent; an accessory.
- the word class that qualifies nouns
- a word that expresses an attribute of something
Examples
75 sentencesSome English adverbs function as adjectives.
Деякі англійські прислівники виконують функції прикметників. — deniko
This is an adjective.
Це прикметник. — deniko
ruЭто прилагательное. — marafon
deDas ist ein Eigenschaftswort. — Adelpa
Tom doesn't know the difference between an adjective and an adverb.
ruТом не знает разницы между прилагательным и наречием. — marafon
deTom weiß nicht den Unterschied zwischen einem Adjektiv und einem Adverb. — al_ex_an_der
"Small" and "little" are adjectives.
"Small" and "tiny" are adjectives.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus,From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adiciō + -īvus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaciō (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from which also comes epithet.
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Forms
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