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名詞

attributive adjective (plural attributive adjectives)

1. (grammar) An adjective that modifies the head of the noun phrase in which it occurs; an adjective that precedes the word or phrase it modifies.

   The word “red” in “the red balloon” is an attributive adjective.

   In the phrase “attributive adjective”, “attributive” is the attributive adjective.

使用する際の注意点

• As opposed to predicative adjectives, attributive adjectives are part of the noun phrase that they modify.

等位語

• postpositive adjective