quasi-adjective

noun

An adjectival noun, a specific Japanese part of speech. Some of these words can be used as regular nouns, and all can be used as adjectives when followed by the postfix な (na), in contrast to Japanese common adjectives, 形容詞 (keiyōshi). In Japanese grammar, these words are categorized as 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi).

Similar
adjectival noun
OriginEnglish adjective ← Latin quasī̆ ← Proto-Italic *sei →
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Meanings

nounquasi-adjective (plural quasi-adjectives)

plural quasi-adjectives

  1. An adjectival noun, a specific Japanese part of speech. Some of these words can be used as regular nouns, and all can be used as adjectives when followed by the postfix な (na), in contrast to Japanese common adjectives, 形容詞 (keiyōshi). In Japanese grammar, these words are categorized as 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi).

    Synonyms: adjectival noun

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn adjectival noun, a specific Japanese part of speech. Some of these words can be used as regular nouns, and all can be used as adjectives when followed by the postfix な (na), in contrast to Japanese common adjectives, 形容詞 (keiyōshi). In Japanese grammar, these words are categorized as 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi).

Similar
adjectival noun

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷis
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
  6. Proto-Italic*kʷoi
  7. Latinquam
  8. Proto-Indo-European*só
  9. Proto-Italic*sei
  10. Latinsī
  11. Latinquasī̆
  12. Englishquasi-
  13. Englishadjective
  14. Englishquasi-adjective

From quasi- + adjective.

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Translations

Korean 준형용사
  • 준형용사 (junhyeong'yongsa)Japanese part of speech
Welsh lled-ansoddair
  • lled-ansoddairJapanese part of speech
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