English

Etymology
From OF. adjectif, from L. adjectivum, ad#Latin|ad ("next to") + -iect-, perfect passive participle of iacere ("to throw") + -ivus, adjective ending; hence, a word "thrown next to" a noun, modifying it.

Adjective
en-adj|-|-

1. Additional or adjunct.

#*1899, w:John Jay Chapman|John Jay Chapman, Emerson and Other Essays, AMS Press (1969) (as reproduced in Project Gutenberg)
#*: In fact, God is of not so much importance in Himself, but as the end towards which man tends. That irreverent person who said that Browning uses "God" as a pigment made an accurate criticism of his theology. In Browning, God is adjective to man.

1. law Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.

#:adjective law

Translations
trans-top|functioning as an adjective
Albanian: mbiemër
Catalan: adjectiu m, adjectiva f
Dutch: bijvoeglijk, adjectivisch
Finnish: adjektiivi (in compound words), adjektiivinen (otherwise)
French: adjectif
German: adjektivisch
Greek: ε�ιθε�ικ�� (epithetikós)
Interlingua: adjective#Interlingua|adjective, adjectival
Italian: aggettivale
Japanese: 形容�� (������, keiy�shi no)
Korean: ��� (hyeong-yongsa)
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Latin: adjectivum
Novial: adjektivi, adjektival
Polish: przymiotnikowy m, przymiotnikowa f, przymiotnikowe n
Portuguese: adjectivo (Portugal), adjetivo (Brazil)
Romanian: adjectival
Russian: п�илaгa�eл�н�й (prilagátel�nyj)
Slovene: pridevniški m, pridevniška f, pridevniško n
Spanish: adjetivo m, adjetiva f
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trans-top|methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
Dutch: formeel
French: de procédure
Interlingua: adjective, adjectival
Japanese: ����� (��������, tetsudzukij� no)
Norwegian: adjektiv
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Polish: przymiotnikowy m, przymiotnikowa f, przymiotnikowe n
Portuguese: adjectivo (Portugal), adjetivo (Brazil)
Romanian: adjectiv m, adjectiv� f
Spanish: adjetivo m, adjetiva f
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Synonyms
(functioning as an adjective): adjectival
(applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure): procedural

Antonyms
(applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure): substantive

Derived terms
adjectival
adjective clause
adjective phrase
adjective patterns
proper adjective

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. grammar A category of words, such as big or heavy, that modify or describe a noun and which can usually be used both attributively and predicatively, be graded, and be modified by an adverb.

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|�عت IPAchar|(na�t) m, ARchar|ص�ة IPAchar|(�ífa) f
Asturian: t+|ast|axetivu|m
Bulgarian: п�илага�елно име (prilagátelno íme) n
Catalan: adjectiu m
Czech: p�ídavné jméno n
Danish: tillægsord, adjektiv
Dutch: bijvoeglijk naamwoord n, adjectief n
Esperanto: adjektivo
Estonian: omadussõna
Finnish: adjektiivi, t|fi|laatusana
French: adjectif m
German: Adjektiv n, Eigenschaftswort n
Greek: ε�ίθε�ο (epítheto) n
Hungarian: melléknév
Icelandic: lýsingarorð n
Interlingua: adjectivo
Italian: aggettivo m
Japanese: 形容� (�����, keiy�shi, for "�" ending), 形容�� (�������, keiy�-d�shi, for "�/�" ending)
Korean: ��� (形容�, hyeong-yongsa)
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Latin: verbum adiectum n
Latvian: īpašības v�rds m
Maltese: aġġettiv
Mandarin: zh-ts|形容�|形容� (xíngróngcí)
Norwegian: adjektiv (bokmål & nynorsk)
Novial: adjektive
Persian: FAchar|ص�ت (sefat)
Polish: przymiotnik m
Portuguese: adjectivo (Portugal), adjetivo (Brazil)
Romanian: adjectiv n
Russian: им� п�илaгa�eл�нoe (ímja prilagátel�noje) n
Slovak: prídavné meno n
Slovene: pridevnik m
Spanish: adjetivo m
Swedish: adjektiv n
Telugu: విశ�షణమ� (viSEshaNamu)
Thai: �ำวิ�ศษ�� (kam wísèt)
Turkish: sıfat
Vietnamese: tính từ

Category:Parts of speech

French

Adjective
adjective

1. feminine of|adjectif|lang=French

Romanian

Pronunciation
IPA|[ad.�ek'ti.ve]|lang=ro

Noun
adjective n|p

1. plural of|adjectiv|lang=Romanian adjectives

ar:adjective
ast:adjective
et:adjective
el:adjective
es:adjective
fa:adjective
fr:adjective
gl:adjective
ko:adjective
hy:adjective
io:adjective
id:adjective
it:adjective
hu:adjective
nl:adjective
ja:adjective
pl:adjective
pt:adjective
ru:adjective
simple:adjective
fi:adjective
sv:adjective
ta:adjective
te:adjective
vi:adjective
tr:adjective
zh:adjective

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