adjectival noun

短语

词形变化

adjectival nouns 复数 adjectival nouns

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A noun used as an adjective.

    语言学

    Near-synonyms: attributive noun, noun adjunct (broadly synonymous)

  2. 2.

    A specific part of speech, categorized in Japanese as 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi). Some of these words can be used as regular nouns, and all can be used as adjectives when followed by the postfix な (na), in contrast to Japanese common adjectives, 形容詞 (keiyōshi).

  3. 3.

    Nouns that have the form of adjectives (often originally adjectives used as nouns).

  4. 4.

    A nominalized adjective.