main clause

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Noun

main clause (plural main clauses)

1. (grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.

   Synonyms: coordinate clause, independent clause

   Coordinate terms: subordinate clause, matrix clause

Translations

grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically

• Breton: pennlavarenn (br) f, lavarenn dizalc'h f
• Catalan: oració principal f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主要分句 (zhǔyào fēnjù), 主句 (zh) (zhǔjù)

• Danish: hovedsætning c
• Dutch: hoofdzin (nl) m
• Finnish: päälause (fi)
• French: proposition principale (fr) f
• Georgian: მთავარი წინადადება (mtavari c̣inadadeba)
• German: Hauptsatz (de) m
• Hungarian: főmondat (hu)
• Icelandic: aðalsetning (is) f
• Irish: príomhchlásal m
• Italian: proposizione principale f
• Japanese: 主文 (ja) (しゅぶん, jūbun), 主節 (ja) (しゅせつ, shusetsu)
• Korean: 주절(主節) (ko) (jujeol)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hevoka sereke f

• Polish: zdanie główne n, zdanie nadrzędne (pl) n
• Portuguese: oração coordenada f, oração principal f
• Russian: гла́вное предложе́ние n (glávnoje predložénije)
• Spanish: proposición principal f
• Swedish: huvudsats (sv) c
• Thai: มุขยประโยค (th) (múk-kà-yá-bprà-yòok), ประโยคหลัก (th) (bprà-yòok-làk)
• Welsh: prif gymal m