attributive noun

English

Noun

attributive noun (plural attributive nouns)

  1. (grammar) A noun that modifies another noun (thus functioning adjectivally) and that is grammatically optional; it may be a single word, a compound noun, or a noun phrase.
    Synonyms: noun adjunct, noun modifier, noun premodifier, qualifying noun, apposite noun
  2. (grammar, when referring to a language other than English) A noun denoting bearer of a quality or an attribute of a subject, in reference to the lexical morpheme from which it is derived.

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