prepositional article

English

Noun

prepositional article (plural prepositional articles)

1. (grammar) In some languages, such as French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, a contraction of a preposition and an article, e.g. au in French (a contraction of à and le).

Translations

contraction of a preposition and an article

French: préposition composée f Italian: preposizione articolata f Japanese: 縮約冠詞 (しゅくやくかんし, shukuyaku kanshi), 冠詞前置詞 (かんしぜんちし, kanshi zenchishi) Polish: przyimek ściągnięty m Portuguese: preposição contraída f Russian: сочленённый предло́г m (sočlenjónnyj predlóg) Sicilian: pripusizziuni articulata f, pripusizziuni cuntratta f Spanish: preposición compuesta f