appositive

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

appositive (not comparable)

1. of or being in apposition

Derived terms

• appositively

 

Translations

of or being in apposition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同位的 (tóngwèi de)

• Finnish: rinnasteinen (fi), appositiivinen
• Hungarian: értelmező (hu), értelmezői, appozitív
• Portuguese: apositivo (pt) m

Noun

appositive (plural appositives)

1. (grammar) a word or phrase that is in apposition

Translations

word or phrase in apposition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 同位語／同位语 (zh) (tóngwèiyǔ)

• Finnish: appositioattribuutti (fi)
• Hungarian: értelmező (hu), értelmező jelző
• Portuguese: aposto (pt) m
• Russian: приложе́ние (ru) n (priložénije)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.po.zi.tiv/
• Homophone: appositives

Adjective

appositive

1. feminine singular of appositif

Italian

Adjective

appositive

1. feminine plural of appositivo