nominative absolute

noun

in English; realized as a noun phrase and a participle or adjective

OriginLatin nominativus absolutus →
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Meanings

nounnominative absolute (plural nominatives absolute or nominative absolutes)

plural nominatives absolute · plural nominative absolutes

  1. A grammatically independent element of a sentence conveying additional circumstances; present:
    1. grammarin English; realized as a noun phrase and a participle or adjective
    2. grammarin Ancient Greek, less frequent than the accusative absolute which is less frequent than the genitive absolute
    3. grammarin Late Latin

Origin

  1. Latinnominativus absolutus
  2. Englishnominative absolute

Calque of Latin nominativus absolutus.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 絕對分詞子句 /绝对分词子句
  • 絕對分詞子句 /绝对分词子句 (juéduì fēncí zǐjù)element of a sentence
Finnish absoluuttinen nominatiivi
  • absoluuttinen nominatiivielement of a sentence
French nominatif absolu
  • nominatif absoluelement of a sentence
Polish mianownik niezależny, nominativus absolutus
  • mianownik niezależnyelement of a sentence
  • nominativus absolutuselement of a sentence
Spanish nominativo absoluto
  • nominativo absolutoelement of a sentence
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