There are two ways of using the infinitive as an adjective, 1. attributive, 2. predicative. Naturally 2. is a subject complement.
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Attributive
//əˈtɹɪ.bju.tɪv//
Synonyms for "attributive" (43 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 21 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- təyini adj (of, or being an attributive)
Catalan
2 entries- atributiu adj (of, or being an attributive)
- atributiu adj (having the nature of an attribute)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 定語的 /定语的 adj (of, or being an attributive)
- 歸屬的 /归属的 adj (having the nature of an attribute)
- 定語 /定语 noun (a word or phrase that modifies a noun and is part of the noun's noun phrase)
Danish
1 entries- attributiv adj (of, or being an attributive)
Dutch
2 entries- attributief adj (of, or being an attributive)
- attributief adj (having the nature of an attribute)
Finnish
3 entries- attributiivinen adj (of, or being an attributive)
- attributiivinen adj (having the nature of an attribute)
- attributiivi noun (a word or phrase that modifies a noun and is part of the noun's noun phrase)
French
3 entries- attributif adj (having the nature of an attribute)
- épithète adj (of, or being an attributive)
- épithète noun (a word or phrase that modifies a noun and is part of the noun's noun phrase)
Galician
2 entries- atributivo adj (of, or being an attributive)
- atributivo adj (having the nature of an attribute)
German
2 entries- attributiv adj (of, or being an attributive)
- attributiv adj (having the nature of an attribute)
Hungarian
2 entries- jelzői adj (of, or being an attributive)
- jelző noun (a word or phrase that modifies a noun and is part of the noun's noun phrase)
Irish
2 entries- aitreabúideach adj (of, or being an attributive)
- cáilíochta adj (having the nature of an attribute)
Japanese
2 entries- 限定的な adj (of, or being an attributive)
- 連体形 noun (a word or phrase that modifies a noun and is part of the noun's noun phrase)
Kazakh
3 entries- анықтауыштық adj (of, or being an attributive)
- анықтауыштық adj (having the nature of an attribute)
- атрибуттық adj (having the nature of an attribute)
Northern Sami
1 entries- attribuhtta noun (a word or phrase that modifies a noun and is part of the noun's noun phrase)
Polish
4 entries- atrybutywny adj (of, or being an attributive)
- atrybutywny adj (having the nature of an attribute)
- określający adj (of, or being an attributive)
- przydawka noun (a word or phrase that modifies a noun and is part of the noun's noun phrase)
Romanian
1 entries- atributiv adj (of, or being an attributive)
Russian
4 entries- атрибути́вный adj (having the nature of an attribute)
- определи́тельный adj (of, or being an attributive)
- атрибути́в noun (a word or phrase that modifies a noun and is part of the noun's noun phrase)
- определе́ние noun (a word or phrase that modifies a noun and is part of the noun's noun phrase)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- buaidh-aithriseach adj (of, or being an attributive)
Spanish
1 entries- atributivo adj (of, or being an attributive)
Swedish
1 entries- attributiv adj (of, or being an attributive)
Welsh
1 entries- disgrifiadol adj (of, or being an attributive)
Sample sentences
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In Russian, attributive adjectives agree with nouns and pronouns in gender, number and case.
Source: tatoeba (10521040)
In "this big house", big is attributive, whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.
Source: wiktionary
In "this tiger is a man-eater," man is an attributive noun.
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