Meanings
adnominal1
- not comparablegrammarInvolving or relating to words that modify a noun.
In most languages, pronominal and adnominal demonstratives are morphologically identical.
2005, Martin Haspelmath, editor, The World Atlas of Language Structures, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 175
plural adnominals
- grammarThe adnominal case: A word or phrase qualifying a noun, such as an adjective or a relative clause.
adnominal2
- datednot comparablegrammarOf or pertaining to an adnoun (sensu stricto).
Synonyms: adjective, adjectival
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or pertaining to an adnoun (sensu stricto).
Origin
adnominal · adjective, noun
From ad- + nominal, by analogy with adverbial for verbs.
Full word history & related roots →adnominal · adjective
The adjective form of adnoun, by analogy with the use of nominal as the adjective form of noun.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque izenlagun
- izenlagunword or phrase qualifying a noun
Finnish substantiivin määre, adnominaali
- substantiivin määreword or phrase qualifying a noun
- adnominaaliword or phrase qualifying a noun
German adsubstantivisch
- adsubstantivischrelated to words that modify nouns
Japanese 連体詞
- 連体詞 (rentaishi)word or phrase qualifying a noun
Korean 관형사
- 관형사 (gwanhyeongsa)word or phrase qualifying a noun
Polish adnominalny, adnominal
- adnominalnyrelated to words that modify nouns
- adnominalword or phrase qualifying a noun
Portuguese adnominal
- adnominalword or phrase qualifying a noun
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with adnominal
All rhymes →Cite this entry
adnominal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adnominal
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