"adjective phrase" meaning in All languages combined

See adjective phrase on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: adjective phrases [plural], adjectival phrase [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} adjective phrase (plural adjective phrases)
  1. (grammar) A phrase that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun and which can usually be used both attributively and predicatively, can be graded, and can include an adverbial phrase as a modifier within it. Translations (Phrase that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun): adjektiivilauseke (Finnish), locution adjectivale [feminine] (French), Adjektivphrase [feminine] (German), adjektivisches Satzglied [neuter] (German), កន្សោមគុណនាម (kɑnsaom kun niem) (Khmer), adjektiivagihppu (Northern Sami), locução adjetiva [feminine] (Portuguese), locuțiune adjectivală [feminine] (Romanian), sintagma adjetival [masculine] (Spanish), sintagma adjetivo [masculine] (Spanish), frase adjetiva [feminine] (Spanish), frase adjetival [feminine] (Spanish), adjektivfras [common-gender] (Swedish)

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          "word": "កន្សោមគុណនាម"
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