Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

attributive adjective

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: at-tribu-tive ad-jec-tive
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"The word “red” in “the red balloon” is an attributive adjective."
"In the phrase “attributive adjective”, “attributive” is the attributive adjective."

Inflected Forms

attributive adjectives (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

postpositive adjective

Questions

What does attributive adjective mean?: An adjective that modifies the head of the noun phrase in which it occurs; an adjective that precedes the word or phrase it modifies.

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