English
Noun
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- English architectural heritage – "architectural" expresses a relationship to the corresponding noun "architecture"
- French concours hippique (“horse show”) – French lacks noun adjuncts, so uses a dedicated relational adjective in place of the noun cheval (“horse”)
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relational adjective (plural relational adjectives)
- (linguistics, grammar) A classifying adjective; an adjective that defines a relation and not a quality, commonly found in (but not exclusive to) languages that do not permit noun adjuncts.
Usage notes
- Not commonly used of English adjectives, for which classifying adjective is sometimes used.
Translations
Translations
- Belarusian: адно́сны прыме́тнік m (adnósny prymjétnik)
- Catalan: adjectiu relacional m, adjectiu classificador m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 關係形容詞 / 关系形容词 (zh)
- Czech: vztahové přídavné jméno n
- French: adjectif relationnel (fr) m
- German: Relationsadjektiv n
- Italian: aggettivo di relazione m
- Korean: 관계형 형용사 (gwangyehyeong hyeong-yongsa)
- Polish: przymiotnik relacyjny (pl) m
- Portuguese: adjetivo relacional m, adjetivo de relação m
- Russian: относи́тельное прилага́тельное (ru) n (otnosítelʹnoje prilagátelʹnoje)
- Slovak: vzťahové prídavné meno n
- Spanish: adjetivo relacional m, adjetivo de relación m, adjetivo clasificador m
- Ukrainian: відно́сний прикме́тник m (vidnósnyj prykmétnyk)
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