attributive noun
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attributive noun
noun attributive nouns
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A 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.
Similar: noun adjunct, noun modifier, noun premodifier, qualifying noun, apposite noun
- A noun denoting bearer of a quality or an attribute of a subject, in reference to the lexical morpheme from which it is derived.
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noun a noun that modifies another noun attributively
| 中文 | 歸屬名詞 /归属名词 guīshǔ míngcí |
|---|---|
| Français | nom épithète |
| Русский | определи́тельное существи́тельное opredelítelʹnoje suščestvítelʹnoje, атрибути́вное существи́тельное atributívnoje suščestvítelʹnoje |
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