"prepositional" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Latin praepositiō (“a setting before, a preposition”), a calque of Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis, “a setting before, preposition (grammar)”) + -al. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|praepositiō||a setting before, a preposition}} Latin praepositiō (“a setting before, a preposition”), {{der|en|grc|πρόθεσις||a setting before, preposition (grammar)}} Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis, “a setting before, preposition (grammar)”), {{suffix|en||al}} + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} prepositional (not comparable)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition): parafjalor (Albanian), preposicional (Catalan), předložkový (Czech), etuasemainen (Finnish), prépositionnel (French), preposicional (Galician), präpositional (German), vorwörtlich (German), réamhfhoclach (Irish), prepositivo (Italian), preposicional (Portuguese), prepositivo (Portuguese), предло́жный (predlóžnyj) (Russian), roimhearach (Scottish Gaelic), preposicional (Spanish), пешоянддор (pešoyanddor) (Tajik), пешоянд (pešoyand) (Tajik), präpodik (Volapük), arddodiadol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-prepositional-en-adj-J1L1SzMB Disambiguation of 'of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition': 96 4
  2. (grammar) Of the prepositional case. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (of the prepositional case): elöljárós (Hungarian), preposizionale (Italian), preposicional (Portuguese), предло́жный (predlóžnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-prepositional-en-adj-wXtzQ9DK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 47 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 3 46 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 3 46 51 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'of the prepositional case': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: phrasal prepositional verb, prepositional article, prepositional case, prepositionally, prepositional phrase, prepositional pronoun, prepositional verb

Noun

Forms: prepositionals [plural]
Etymology: From Latin praepositiō (“a setting before, a preposition”), a calque of Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis, “a setting before, preposition (grammar)”) + -al. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|praepositiō||a setting before, a preposition}} Latin praepositiō (“a setting before, a preposition”), {{der|en|grc|πρόθεσις||a setting before, preposition (grammar)}} Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis, “a setting before, preposition (grammar)”), {{suffix|en||al}} + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} prepositional (plural prepositionals)
  1. (grammar) The prepositional case. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-prepositional-en-noun-QW3KLwu4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 47 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 3 46 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 3 46 51 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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