Synonyms for "exocentric" (2 found)

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Closest matches (1)

allocentric

Related words (1)

Adjective(1 words)

allocentric

Related word relations

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Antonyms

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endocentric

Related terms

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bahuvrihi

coordinate

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endocentric

derived

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exocentricallyexocentricity

has context

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grammarlinguistics

related to

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bahuvrihiconstituentendocentricpart of speechword

Translations

5 translations across 5 languages.

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Catalan

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• exocèntric adj ((grammar, of a phrase or compound) not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words)

Finnish

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• eksosentrinen adj ((grammar, of a phrase or compound) not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words)

French

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• exocentrique adj ((grammar, of a phrase or compound) not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words)

Hungarian

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• egzocentrikus adj ((grammar, of a phrase or compound) not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words)

Italian

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• esocentrico adj ((grammar, of a phrase or compound) not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words)

Sample sentences

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"Honeycomb" is an example of an exocentric compound.

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