English Explanatory Dictionary

nominative absolute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A grammatically independent element of a sentence conveying additional circumstances; present:
  2. in English; realized as a noun phrase and a participle or adjective
  3. in Ancient Greek, less frequent than the accusative absolute which is less frequent than the genitive absolute
  4. in Late Latin

Word forms

nominative absolute nominatives absolute nominative absolutes

Etymology

Calque of Latin nominativus absolutus.

Related words

nominativus pendens ablative absolute

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 絕對分詞子句 /绝对分词子句 Finnish: absoluuttinen nominatiivi French: nominatif absolu Polish: nominatywno-absolutywny Sicilian: numinativu assulutu Spanish: nominativo absoluto
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