attributive noun

attributive noun

English

Noun

attributive noun (plural attributive nouns)

1. (grammar) A noun that modifies another noun attributively and that is optional (that is, it can be removed without affecting the grammar of the sentence); a noun used as an adjective.

   For example, in the compound noun "chicken soup", the attributive noun "chicken" modifies the noun "soup".

2. (grammar, when referring to a language other than English) A noun denoting bearer of a quality or an attribute of a subject, in reference to the lexical morpheme from which it is derived.

Synonyms

• (noun used as an adjective): noun adjunct
• noun modifier
• (noun denoting bearer of a quality): nomen attributivum

Translations

noun that modifies another noun attributively

Chinese: Mandarin: 歸屬名詞, 归属名词 (guīshǔ míngcí) French: nom épithète (fr) m

Russian: определи́тельное существи́тельное n (opredelítelʹnoje suščestvítelʹnoje), атрибути́вное существи́тельное n (atributívnoje suščestvítelʹnoje) Turkish: tamlayan (tr)