How do you pronounce adjective?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/.

Where does adjective come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

adjective

/ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: ad-jec-tive
IPA: /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/

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Meaning

noun

A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.

noun

A dependent; an accessory.

Obsolete

adj

Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.

adj

Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.

adj

Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.

adj

Incapable of independent function.

Obsolete

verb

To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.

Transitive verb

verb

To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives."
""They'll have to invent new adjectives when I come back. You wait!""
""We have fallen into the culture of adjectives and adverbs, and we have forgotten the strength of nouns," he said."
"The Brazilian football legend, who passed away in December, has been added to the Portuguese edition of the Michaelis dictionary as an adjective to describe someone or something “out of the ordinary.”"
"it must be an adjective of dain"
"The whole English law, substantive and adjective."

Etymology

From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adiciō + -īvus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaciō (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from which also comes epithet.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: adjectif, adiectivus

Usage

Inflected Forms

adjectives (plural) adjectives (present, singular) adjectiving (participle, present) adjectived (participle, past) adjectived (past)

Derived Forms

adjectival adjectivehood adjectiveless adjectively adjectivism adjectivitis adjectivity adjectivization deadjectival nonadjective overadjectived proadjective

Phrases

adjective clause adjective dye adjective law adjective patterns adjective phrase adjective pronoun adjective verb common adjective

Frequently Paired Words

adjunct adjunctive adjutant

Synonyms

adjectival procedural dependent derivative adjective adjective noun adnoun describing word description word noun adjective adjectify adjectivize

Antonyms

substantive