"ablative absolute" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæb.lə.tɪv æb.soʊˈlut/ [US], /ˈæb.lə.tɪv æb.səˈlut/ [Canada] Forms: ablatives absolute [plural], ablative absolutes [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Latin ablativus absolutus. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|la|ablativus absolutus}} Calque of Latin ablativus absolutus Head templates: {{en-noun|ablatives absolute|s}} ablative absolute (plural ablatives absolute or ablative absolutes)
  1. (grammar) A construction in Latin and other sister languages in which an independent phrase with a noun in the ablative case has a participle, adjective, or noun, expressed or implied, which agrees with it in gender, number and case – both words forming a clause grammatically unconnected with the rest of the sentence. Wikipedia link: ablative absolute Categories (topical): Grammar Related terms: dangling participle, genitive absolute, free adjunct, nominative absolute Translations (linguistic construction in Latin): losse ablatief (Dutch), ablativo absoluta (Esperanto), ablatiivinen absoluutti (Finnish), ablatif absolu [masculine] (French), Ablativus absolutus (German), ablativus absolutus (Hungarian), ablativo assoluto [masculine] (Italian), ablativo absoluto [masculine] (Portuguese), ablativ absolut (Romanian), ablativu assulutu [masculine] (Sicilian), ablativo absoluto (Spanish), సతిసప్తమి (satisaptami) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-ablative_absolute-en-noun-Wufa4qo4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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