"prepositional article" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prepositional articles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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). Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (contraction of a preposition and an article): préposition composée [feminine] (French), preposizione articolata [feminine] (Italian), 縮約冠詞 (shukuyaku kanshi) (alt: しゅくやくかんし) (Japanese), 冠詞前置詞 (kanshi zenchishi) (alt: かんしぜんちし) (Japanese), przyimek ściągnięty [masculine] (Polish), preposição contraída [feminine] (Portuguese), сочленённый предло́г (sočlenjónnyj predlóg) [masculine] (Russian), pripusizziuni articulata [feminine] (Sicilian), pripusizziuni cuntratta [feminine] (Sicilian), preposición compuesta [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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          "au",
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          "à",
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          "le",
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