"subordinate clause" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: subordinate clauses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} subordinate clause (plural subordinate clauses)
  1. (grammar) A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence, but functions as either a noun, adjective or adverb in a sentence. Categories (topical): Grammar Synonyms: dependent clause Coordinate_terms: independent clause, relative clause Translations (a clause that cannot stand alone): islavarenn [feminine] (Breton), 從屬小句 (Chinese Mandarin), 从属小句 (cóngshǔ xiǎojù) (Chinese Mandarin), 從句 (Chinese Mandarin), 从句 (cóngjù) (Chinese Mandarin), vedlejší věta (Czech), ledsætning [common-gender] (Danish), bisætning [common-gender] (Danish), bijzin [masculine] (Dutch), sivulause (Finnish), proposition subordonnée [feminine] (French), subordonnée [feminine] (French), wiemɔ fafai (Ga), დამოკიდებული წინადადება (damoḳidebuli c̣inadadeba) (Georgian), Nebensatz [masculine] (German), δευτερεύουσα πρόταση (defterévousa prótasi) [feminine] (Greek), mellékmondat (Hungarian), aukasetning [feminine] (Icelandic), fochlásal [masculine] (Irish), proposizione subordinata [feminine] (Italian), 従属節 (jūzokusetsu) (alt: じゅうぞくせつ) (Japanese), 付属節 (fuzokusetsu) (alt: ふぞくせつ) (Japanese), 종속절 (jongsokjeol) (alt: 從屬節) (Korean), palīgteikums [masculine] (Latvian), leddsetning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bisetning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), leddsetning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ledsetning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zdanie podrzędne [neuter] (Polish), oração subordinada [feminine] (Portuguese), propoziție subordonată [feminine] (Romanian), прида́точное предложе́ние (pridátočnoje predložénije) [neuter] (Russian), fo-chlàs [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), zavisna rečenica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), proposición subordinada [feminine] (Spanish), bisats [common-gender] (Swedish), อนุประโยค (à-nú-bprà-yòok) (Thai), ประโยคย่อย (bprà-yòok-yɔ̂i) (Thai), yan cümle (Turkish), yan tümce (Turkish), isgymal [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
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          "code": "gaa",
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          "word": "wiemɔ fafai"
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          "code": "ka",
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "defterévousa prótasi",
          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aukasetning"
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          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
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          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
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          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "propoziție subordonată"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pridátočnoje predložénije",
          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "прида́точное предложе́ние"
        },
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fo-chlàs"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "es",
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          "roman": "à-nú-bprà-yòok",
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          "word": "อนุประโยค"
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          "roman": "bprà-yòok-yɔ̂i",
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          "word": "ประโยคย่อย"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
          "word": "yan cümle"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
          "word": "yan tümce"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "isgymal"
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "islavarenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "從屬小句"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cóngshǔ xiǎojù",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "从属小句"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "從句"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cóngjù",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "从句"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "vedlejší věta"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ledsætning"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bisætning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "bijzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "sivulause"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "proposition subordonnée"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "subordonnée"
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      "code": "gaa",
      "lang": "Ga",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "wiemɔ fafai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "damoḳidebuli c̣inadadeba",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "დამოკიდებული წინადადება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nebensatz"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "defterévousa prótasi",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δευτερεύουσα πρόταση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "mellékmondat"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aukasetning"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fochlásal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "proposizione subordinata"
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    {
      "alt": "じゅうぞくせつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jūzokusetsu",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "従属節"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふぞくせつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuzokusetsu",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "付属節"
    },
    {
      "alt": "從屬節",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jongsokjeol",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "종속절"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "palīgteikums"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leddsetning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bisetning"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leddsetning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ledsetning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zdanie podrzędne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oração subordinada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "propoziție subordonată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pridátočnoje predložénije",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прида́точное предложе́ние"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fo-chlàs"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zavisna rečenica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "proposición subordinada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bisats"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "à-nú-bprà-yòok",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "อนุประโยค"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprà-yòok-yɔ̂i",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "ประโยคย่อย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "yan cümle"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "word": "yan tümce"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a clause that cannot stand alone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "isgymal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "subordinate clause"
}

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