different between adnoun vs adnominal

English

Etymology

From Latin ad + English noun

Noun

adnoun (plural adnouns)

1. (grammar) an adjective used as a noun (sensu stricto), an absolute adjective
2. (grammar, dated) an adjective
   • 1830, Thomas Nugent & J. Quiseau, A new Pocket Dictionary of the French and English Languages. In two Parts. 1. French and English.—2. English and French. Containing all the Words in general Use, and authorized by the best Writers. The Fifth American, from the last London Edition, Philadelphia, p.xii ("Section II: Of Grammar in general)"):

     3. An adjective or adnoun, expresses a particular quality ascribed to a substantive—A good man, a bad man, a studious man, a lazy man—The words good, bad, studious, and lazy, express the particular quality which belong to such or such a man.

Synonyms

• (adjective): adjective, adjective noun, noun adjective

Related terms

• adnominal

Anagrams

• nandou, unadon

English

Etymology 1

ad- +? nominal

Adjective

adnominal (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to an adnoun.

Synonyms

• adjective
• adjectival

Etymology 2

ad- +? nominal, by analogy with adverbial for verbs.

Adjective

adnominal (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Involving or relating to words that modify a noun.

Translations

Noun

adnominal (plural adnominals)

1. (grammar) A word or phrase qualifying a noun, such as an adjective or a relative clause.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.n?.mi.nal/

Adjective

adnominal (feminine singular adnominale, masculine plural adnominaux, feminine plural adnominales)

1. (grammar) adnominal

Portuguese

Adjective

adnominal m or f (plural adnominais, comparable)

1. (grammar) adnominal (qualifying a noun)