predicative adjective

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predicative adjective

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Alternative forms

• predicate adjective

Noun

predicative adjective (plural predicative adjectives)

1. (grammar) An adjective that is not part of the noun clause it modifies, but is linked to it with a copula.

   ‘Complicated’ is a predicative adjective in the sentence ‘Grammar is complicated.’

   In ‘This looks bad,’ the word ‘bad’ is the predicative adjective.

Hypernyms

• postpositive adjective

Translations

adjective that follows a linking verb

Chinese: Mandarin: 謂語形容詞 / 谓语形容词 (wèiyǔ xíngróngcí) Dutch: predicaatsadjectief (nl) n Esperanto: predikativa adjektivo Finnish: predikatiivinen adjektiivi French: adjectif attribut m German: Prädikatsadjektiv n, adjektivisches Prädikativum n Italian: aggettivo predicativo m Japanese: 叙述形容詞 (じょじゅつけいようし, jojutsukeiyōshi) Korean: 술어 형용사 (sul-eo hyeong-yongsa) Polish: przymiotnik predykatywny m Portuguese: predicativo adjetivo m Romanian: adjectiv predicativ n, atribut (ro) Scottish Gaelic: buadhair aisneiseach m Spanish: atributo adjetival m