different between modifier vs attributive

English

Etymology

modify +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?d?fa??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?d?fa??/
• Hyphenation: mod?i?fi?er

Noun

modifier (plural modifiers)

1. One who, or that which, modifies.
2. (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.
3. (programming) A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.

Synonyms

• qualifier

Derived terms

Related terms

• postmodifier
• premodifier

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin modific?, modific?re, from modus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.di.fje/

Verb

modifier

1. to change, modify

Conjugation

Related terms

• modifiable
  • immodifiable
  • modifiabilité
• modification
  • modificateur
• modifieur

Further reading

• “modifier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

attribute +? -ive

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?.?t??.bju.t?v/

Adjective

attributive (comparative more attributive, superlative most attributive)

1. (grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.

   • Since both Attributes and Adjuncts recursively expand N-bar into N-bar, it seems clear that the two have essentially the same function, so that Attributes are simply pronominal Adjuncts (though we shall continue to follow tradition and refer to attributive premodifiers as Attributes rather than Adjuncts).

   Antonym: predicative

2. Having the nature of an attribute.
3. Serving to express an attribute of an object.

Derived terms

Related terms

• attribute

Translations

Noun

attributive (plural attributives)

1. (grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.

   In "this big house," "big" is an attributive, while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t?i.by.tiv/

Adjective

attributive

1. feminine singular of attributif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

attributive

1. inflection of attributiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

attributive

1. feminine plural of attributivo

Anagrams

• ributtatevi