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attributive noun

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables
at-tribu-tive -noun
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

A noun denoting bearer of a quality or an attribute of a subject, in reference to the lexical morpheme from which it is derived.

Inflected Forms

attributive nouns (plural)

Synonyms

noun adjunct noun modifier noun premodifier qualifying noun apposite noun

Questions

What does attributive noun mean?
A noun that modifies another noun (thus functioning adjectivally) and that is grammatically optional; it may be a single word, a compound noun, or a noun phrase.

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