subordinating conjunction

English

Noun

subordinating conjunction (plural subordinating conjunctions)

1. (grammar) A word that appears at the beginning of a subordinate clause and establishes its nature.

Translations

a word establishing the nature of a subordinate clause

• Breton: stagell isurzhiañ (br) f
• Dutch: onderschikkend voegwoord n
• French: conjonction de subordination (fr) f
• German: Subjunktion (de) f, subordinierende Konjunktion (de) f
• Hungarian: alárendelő kötőszó (hu)

• Icelandic: aukatenging (is) f
• Khmer: ឈ្នាប់ឃ្លា (km) (chnoap klie)
• Russian: подчинительный союз (ru) (podčinítel'nyj sojúz) m
• Spanish: conjunción subordinante (es) f

See also

• as
• because
• if
• since
• till
• where
• while