adverb
See also: Adverb
English
Etymology
From French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verbum (“word, verb”), so called because it is used to supplement other words.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæd.vɜːb/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæd.vɝb/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: ad‧verb
Noun
adverb (plural adverbs)
- (grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- ‘Fortunately your papa appreciates it; he appreciates it immensely’—that was one of the things Miss Overmore also said, with a striking insistence on the adverb.
- (modifying a verb) I often went outside hiking during my stay in Japan.
- (modifying an adjective) It was often cold outside.
- (modifying another adverb) Not often.
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- (programming) In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.
Usage notes
Adverbs comprise a fundamental category of words in most languages. In English, adverbs are typically formed from adjectives by appending -ly and are used to modify verbs, verb phrases, adjectives, other adverbs, and entire sentences, but rarely nouns or noun phrases.
Hyponyms
- (words that modify verbs, etc.): intransitive preposition
Derived terms
- adverbial (adverbially)
- adverb phrase
- conjunctive adverb
- locative adverb
- manner adverb
- modal adverb
- pronominal adverb
- sentence adverb
Translations
lexical category
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Verb
adverb (third-person singular simple present adverbs, present participle adverbing, simple past and past participle adverbed)
- (rare) To make into or become an adverb.
- 1973, Indian Linguistics, volume 34, page 241:
- Considering these postpositional phrases to be adverbed phrases would be an insufficient analysis, since the postpositions are determined by the verb.
- 1998, English linguistics:
- Even if, in the case of native speakers of English in particular, bonded adverbed verbs are always understood and used as entities, the different stages of théir formation are probably those I have just described.
- 2005, John Barth, The Book of Ten Nights and a Night: Eleven Stories, page 8:
- Then, post-adverbially, they start over again from Square One, explaining that queer name of hers and who and where she is and what's going on here besides adverbing.
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Synonyms
- adverbialize
See also
- Category:Adverbs by language
Anagrams
- Bevard, braved
Breton
Etymology
ad- + verb
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈad.vɛrp/
Noun
adverb m (plural adverboù)
- (grammar) adverb
Estonian
Noun
adverb (genitive adverbi, partitive adverbi)
- (grammar) adverb
Declension
Declension of adverb (type riik)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | adverb | adverbid |
| genitive | adverbi | adverbide |
| partitive | adverbi | adverbe / adverbisid |
| illative | adverbi / adverbisse | adverbidesse / adverbesse |
| inessive | adverbis | adverbides / adverbes |
| elative | adverbist | adverbidest / adverbest |
| allative | adverbile | adverbidele / adverbele |
| adessive | adverbil | adverbidel / adverbel |
| ablative | adverbilt | adverbidelt / adverbelt |
| translative | adverbiks | adverbideks / adverbeks |
| terminative | adverbini | adverbideni |
| essive | adverbina | adverbidena |
| abessive | adverbita | adverbideta |
| comitative | adverbiga | adverbidega |
Further reading
- adverb in Sõnaveeb
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French adverbe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /advɛːb/
Noun
adverb
- adverb
Related terms
- adverbial
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verbum (“word, verb”).
Noun
adverb n (definite singular adverbet, indefinite plural adverb or adverber, definite plural adverba or adverbene)
- (grammar) an adverb
References
- “adverb” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verbum (“word, verb”).
Noun
adverb n (definite singular adverbet, indefinite plural adverb, definite plural adverba)
- (grammar) an adverb
References
- “adverb” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verbum (“word, verb”), French adverbe.
Noun
adverb n (plural adverbe)
- adverb
Declension
Declension of adverb
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) adverb | adverbul | (niște) adverbe | adverbele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) adverb | adverbului | (unor) adverbe | adverbelor |
| vocative | adverbule | adverbelor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verbum (“word, verb”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎdʋerb/
- Hyphenation: ad‧verb
Noun
àdverb m (Cyrillic spelling а̀дверб)
- adverb
Declension
Declension of adverb
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | adverb | adverbi |
| genitive | adverba | àdvērbā |
| dative | adverbu | adverbima |
| accusative | adverb | adverbe |
| vocative | adverbe | adverbi |
| locative | adverbu | adverbima |
| instrumental | adverbom | adverbima |
Synonyms
- prílog
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verbum (“word”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adˈvɛrːb/, [adˈværːb]
Audio (file)
Noun
adverb n
- adverb
Declension
| Declension of adverb | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | adverb | adverbet | adverb | adverben |
| Genitive | adverbs | adverbets | adverbs | adverbens |
Related terms
- adverbial
Veps
Etymology
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Noun
adverb
- adverb
Inflection
| Inflection of adverb (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | adverb | ||
| genitive sing. | adverban | ||
| partitive sing. | adverbad | ||
| partitive plur. | adverboid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | adverb | adverbad | |
| accusative | adverban | adverbad | |
| genitive | adverban | adverboiden | |
| partitive | adverbad | adverboid | |
| essive-instructive | adverban | adverboin | |
| translative | adverbaks | adverboikš | |
| inessive | adverbas | adverboiš | |
| elative | adverbaspäi | adverboišpäi | |
| illative | adverbaha | adverboihe | |
| adessive | adverbal | adverboil | |
| ablative | adverbalpäi | adverboilpäi | |
| allative | adverbale | adverboile | |
| abessive | adverbata | adverboita | |
| comitative | adverbanke | adverboidenke | |
| prolative | adverbadme | adverboidme | |
| approximative I | adverbanno | adverboidenno | |
| approximative II | adverbannoks | adverboidennoks | |
| egressive | adverbannopäi | adverboidennopäi | |
| terminative I | adverbahasai | adverboihesai | |
| terminative II | adverbalesai | adverboilesai | |
| terminative III | adverbassai | — | |
| additive I | adverbahapäi | adverboihepäi | |
| additive II | adverbalepäi | adverboilepäi | |
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “наречие”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika