"épithète" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /e.pi.tɛt/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-épithète.wav Forms: épithètes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French épithète, from Latin epithetum, epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “epithet, adjective”), the neuter of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “attributed, added”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “in addition”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to do”)). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|frm|épithète}} Middle French épithète, {{der|fr|la|epithetum}} Latin epithetum, {{m|la|epitheton}} epitheton, {{der|fr|grc|ἐπίθετον||epithet, adjective}} Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “epithet, adjective”), {{m|grc|ἐπίθετος||attributed, added}} ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “attributed, added”), {{m|grc|ἐπιτίθημι||to add on}} ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), {{m|grc|ἐπί|ἐπι-|in addition}} ἐπι- (epi-, “in addition”), {{m|grc|τίθημι||to put}} τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”), {{der|fr|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-||to put, to do}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to do”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} épithète f (plural épithètes)
  1. (linguistics, grammar) Refers to a descriptive word or phrase that modifies a nominal element without an intervening verb.
    attributive adjective
    Tags: adjective, attributive, feminine Categories (topical): Grammar, Linguistics Synonyms: adjectif épithète Hyponyms: adjectif épithète liée, épithète détachée
    Sense id: en-épithète-fr-noun-W4EQumWA Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 44 44 12 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (linguistics, grammar) Refers to a descriptive word or phrase that modifies a nominal element without an intervening verb.
    noun adjunct
    Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Grammar, Linguistics Synonyms: nom épithète
    Sense id: en-épithète-fr-noun-T0CtCor2 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 44 44 12 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. epithet (designating or qualifying term, label) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-épithète-fr-noun-Z7~IxxSI Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 44 44 12

Inflected forms

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