attributive

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

attribute +‎ -ive

PronunciationEdit

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ə.ˈtɹɪ.bju.tɪv/
Audio (RP)
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AdjectiveEdit

attributive (comparative more attributive, superlative most attributive)

(grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.
In "this big house", "big" is attributive, whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.

In "this tiger is a man-eater," "man" is an attributive noun.
- 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 197:
  
  Since both Attributes and Adjuncts recursively expand N-bar into N-bar, it seems clear that the two have essentially the same function, so that Attributes are simply pronominal Adjuncts (though we shall continue to follow tradition and refer to attributive premodifiers as Attributes rather than Adjuncts).
Antonym: predicative
Having the nature of an attribute.
Serving to express an attribute of an object.

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

attribute

TranslationsEdit

of, or being an attributive

Azerbaijani: təyini
Catalan: atributiu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 定語 (zh), 定语 (zh) (dìngyǔ)
Danish: attributiv
Dutch: attributief (nl)
Finnish: attributiivinen
French: épithète (fr)
German: attributiv (de)

Hungarian: jelzői
Interlingue: atributiv
Irish: aitreabúideach
Romanian: atributiv (ro) m or n
Russian: определи́тельный (ru) (opredelítelʹnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: buaidh-aithriseach
Spanish: atributivo
Swedish: attributiv (sv)

having the nature of an attribute

Catalan: atributiu
Dutch: attributief (nl)
Finnish: attributiivinen
French: attributif (fr) m, attributive (fr) f

German: attributiv (de)
Interlingue: atributiv
Irish: cáilíochta
Russian: атрибути́вный (ru) (atributívnyj)

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Spanish: ^{(please verify)} antecedente (es)

NounEdit

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attributive (plural attributives)

(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
In "this big house," "big" is an attributive, while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.