adjective

Meaning

Noun

1. A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
2. (obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
2. (not-comparable) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
3. (not-comparable) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
4. (not-comparable, obsolete) Incapable of independent function.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
2. (transitive) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.

Opposite of

substantive

Synonyms

adverb

adjectival

𐐰𐐾𐐯𐐿𐐻𐐮𐑂

adnoun

procedural

epithet

menial

modifier

pronoun

qualifier

supplementary

i-adjective

noun modifier

grammatical modifier

phrasal modifier

describing word

description word

noun adjective

auxiliary

adverbial phrase

dependent

Translations

adjectif

adjetivo

Adjektiv

aggettivo

adjectiu

adjetivo

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

επίθετο

Eigenschaftswort

adjectief

adjectivo

sıfat

adjectivum

نعت

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: adjectif

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.