adjective

Signification (Anglais)

Opposé de
substantive
Fréquence

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

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.

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