attributive-nounとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

attributive noun (plural attributive nouns)

1. (grammar) A noun that modifies another noun (thus functioning adjectivally) and that is grammatically optional; it may be a single word, a compound noun, or a noun phrase.

   Synonyms: noun adjunct, noun modifier, noun premodifier, qualifying noun, apposite noun

2. (grammar, when referring to a language other than English) A noun denoting bearer of a quality or an attribute of a subject, in reference to the lexical morpheme from which it is derived.