Meanings
nounprepositional article (plural prepositional articles)
plural prepositional articles
- grammarIn some languages, such as French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, a contraction of a preposition and an article, e.g. au in French (a contraction of à and le).
Translations
French préposition composée
- préposition composéecontraction of a preposition and an article
Italian preposizione articolata
- preposizione articolatacontraction of a preposition and an article
Japanese 縮約冠詞, 冠詞前置詞
- 縮約冠詞 (shukuyaku kanshi)contraction of a preposition and an article
- 冠詞前置詞 (kanshi zenchishi)contraction of a preposition and an article
Polish przyimek ściągnięty
- przyimek ściągniętycontraction of a preposition and an article
Portuguese preposição contraída
- preposição contraídacontraction of a preposition and an article
Russian сочленённый предло́г
- сочленённый предло́г (sočlenjónnyj predlóg)contraction of a preposition and an article
Spanish preposición compuesta
- preposición compuestacontraction of a preposition and an article
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