attributive noun
attributive noun · attributive nouns
определительное существительное, атрибутивное существительное
A noun that modifies another noun and that is grammatically optionalA noun that modifies another noun (thus functioning adjectivally) and that is grammatically optional; it may be a single word, a compound noun, or a noun phrase.
Meaning
2 sensesA noun that modifies another noun (thus functioning adjectivally) and that is grammatically optional; it may be a single word, a compound noun, or a noun phrase.
определи́тельное существи́тельноеopredelítelʹnoje suščestvítelʹnoje, атрибути́вное существи́тельноеatributívnoje suščestvítelʹnoje
A noun denoting bearer of a quality or an attribute of a subject, in reference to the lexical morpheme from which it is derived.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
a noun that modifies another noun attributively:
Forms
plural: attributive nouns| Singular | attributive noun |
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| Plural | attributive nouns |
regular
Synonyms
5 synonymsnoun adjunctnoun modifiernoun premodifierqualifying nounapposite noun