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quasi-adjective

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables
quasi-ad-jec-tive
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An adjectival noun, a specific Japanese part of speech. Some of these words can be used as regular nouns, and all can be used as adjectives when followed by the postfix な (na), in contrast to Japanese common adjectives, 形容詞 (keiyōshi). In Japanese grammar, these words are categorized as 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- English adjective English quasi-adjective From quasi- + adjective.

Inflected Forms

quasi-adjectives (plural)

Phrases

part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives 形容詞: -i adjective 形容動詞: -na adjective 連体詞: adnominal

Frequently Paired Words

part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives adjective 形容詞: -i adjective 形容動詞: -na adjective 連体詞: adnominal

Synonyms

adjectival noun

Questions

What does quasi-adjective mean?
An adjectival noun, a specific Japanese part of speech. Some of these words can be used as regular nouns, and all can be used as adjectives when followed by the postfix な (na), in contrast to Japanese common adjectives, 形容詞 (keiyōshi). In Japanese grammar, these words are categorized as 形容動詞 (keiyō dōshi).
Where does quasi-adjective come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- English adjective English quasi-adjective From quasi- + adjective.

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