prepositional

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition.

OriginLatin praepositiō ← Ancient Greek πρόθεσις →
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Meanings

adjectiveprepositional (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition.
    1 more example

    Although we have concentrated on Prepositions which take zero Complements, NP Complements, or clausal Complements in our discussion above, there seems no reason in principle to exclude the possibility of Prepositions taking prepositional Complements. And it may well be that items such as those italicised below are Prepositions which subcategorise a PP Complement headed by of: (80) (a) He stayed at home because [of the strike] (80) (b) He fell out [of the window] (80) (c) Few people outside [of the immediate family] know (80) (d) %It fell off [of the table] (dialectal)

    1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 7, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 364
  2. not comparablegrammarOf the prepositional case.
nounprepositional (plural prepositionals)

plural prepositionals

  1. grammarThe prepositional case.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπρόθεσις“a setting before, preposition (grammar)”
  2. Latinpraepositiō“a setting before, a preposition”
  3. Englishprepositional

From Latin praepositiō (“a setting before, a preposition”), a calque of Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis, “a setting before, preposition (grammar)”) + -al.

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Translations

Catalan preposicional
  • preposicionalof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
Czech předložkový
  • předložkovýof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
Finnish etuasemainen
  • etuasemainenof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
French prépositionnel
  • prépositionnelof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
German präpositional, vorwörtlich
  • präpositionalof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
  • vorwörtlichof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
Hungarian elöljárós
  • elöljárósof the prepositional case
Irish réamhfhoclach
  • réamhfhoclachof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
Italian prepositivo, preposizionale
  • prepositivoof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
  • preposizionaleof the prepositional case
Polish przyimkowy, przyimkowy
  • przyimkowyof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
  • przyimkowyof the prepositional case
Portuguese preposicional, prepositivo
  • preposicionalof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
  • prepositivoof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
  • preposicionalof the prepositional case
Russian предло́жный, предло́жный
  • предло́жный (predlóžnyj)of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
  • предло́жный (predlóžnyj)of the prepositional case
Scottish Gaelic roimhearach
  • roimhearachof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
Spanish preposicional
  • preposicionalof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
Welsh arddodiadol
  • arddodiadolof, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition
Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

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