noun adjunctとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

noun adjunct (plural nouns adjunct or noun adjuncts)

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

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

   • 1993, Kenneth G. Wilson, The Columbia Guide to Standard American English, page 300:

     Noun adjuncts form the first elements of hundreds of compound nouns in American English (bird house, ball field, name brand, and fieldhouse); […]

2. (grammar) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see noun,‎ adjunct. (an adjunct to a noun)