épithète

Meaning

1. (adjective, attributive, feminine) Refers to a descriptive word or phrase that modifies a nominal element without an intervening verb.
2. (feminine) Refers to a descriptive word or phrase that modifies a nominal element without an intervening verb.
3. (feminine) epithet (designating or qualifying term, label)

Concepts

epithet

attributive adjective

attributive

attribute

name

sobriquet

Synonyms

déterminant

nom

Translations

epiteto

Epitheton

epíteto

epíteto

Beiwort

epítet

epitheton

sıfat

Attribut

schimpnaam

كنيه

Beifügung

scheldnaam

toenaam

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.pi.tɛt/

Etymology

From Middle French épithète, from Latin epithetum, epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “epithet, adjective”), the neuter of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “attributed, added”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “in addition”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to do”)).