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adposition

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PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈædpəˌzɪʃən/

NounEdit

adposition (plural adpositions)

(grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context.

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TranslationsEdit

element combining with a phrase and indicating how to interpret the phrase in the context

Chinese:

Mandarin: 介詞 (zh), 介词 (zh) (jiècí), 前置詞 (zh), 前置词 (zh) (qiánzhìcí) (preposition), 後置詞 (zh), 后置词 (zh) (hòuzhìcí) (postposition)
Dutch: adpositie f, achterzetsel (nl) n
Estonian: kaassõna
Finnish: adpositio (fi)
French: adposition (fr) f

Georgian: თანდებული (ka) (t’andebuli)
German: Adposition (de) f
Japanese: 接置詞 (せっちし, setchishi)
Portuguese: adposição (pt) f
Romanian: adpoziție f
Russian: предло́г (ru) m (predlóg) (preposition), послело́г (ru) m (poslelóg) (postposition)

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