adjective

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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.

221 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: adjectiu — incapable of independent function
• Galician: adxectivo — incapable of independent function
• Japanese: 非独立性の (hidokuritsusei no) — incapable of independent function
• Japanese: 依存性の (izonsei no) — incapable of independent function
• Kabyle: arbib — incapable of independent function
• Northern Kurdish: rengdêr — incapable of independent function
• Arabic: إِجْرَائِيّ (ʔijrāʔiyy) — methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
• Dutch: formeel — methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
• French: ... de procédure — methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
• West-Frisian: protokol — methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
• German: formal — methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
• Hebrew: דיוני (diyuní) — methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
• Hebrew: נוהלי (noholí) — methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
• Interlingua: adjective — methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
• Interlingua: adjectival — methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
• Japanese: 手続き上の (tetsudzukijō no) — methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
• Polish: przymiotnikowy — methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
• Portuguese: adjetivo — methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
• Romanian: adjectiv — methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
• Spanish: adjetivo — methods of enforcement and rules of procedure
• Catalan: adjectiu — of a dye that needs the use of a mordant
• Afrikaans: byvoeglike naamwoord — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Albanian: mbiemër — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Albanian: adjektiv — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Southern Altai: јарталгыш (ǰartalgïš) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Amharic: ቅጽል (ḳəṣl) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Arabic: نَعْت (naʕt) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Arabic: صِفَة (ṣifa) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Arabic: وَصْف (waṣf) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Aragonese: adchectivo — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Aramaic: גדשניא (gedšanāya) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Armenian: ածական (acakan) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Asturian: axetivu — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Azerbaijani: sifət — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Bashkir: сифат (sifat) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Basque: adjektibo — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Basque: izenondo — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Belarusian: прыме́тнік (prymjétnik) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Bengali: বিশেষণ (biśeśon) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Central Bikol: panladawan — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Central Bikol: panmidbid — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Breton: anv-gwan — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Breton: adanv — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Bulgarian: прилага́телно и́ме (prilagátelno íme) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Bulgarian: прилага́телно (prilagátelno) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Burmese: နာမဝိသေသန (nama.wi.sesa.na.) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Buryat: тэмдэгэй нэрэ (temdegej nere) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Catalan: adjectiu — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Chechen: билгалдош (bilgaldoš) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Chichewa: mfotokozi — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Chinese Cantonese: 形容詞 /形容词 (jing4 jung4 ci4) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Chinese: 形容詞 /形容词 (hêng-iông-sû) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Chinese Mandarin: 形容詞 /形容词 (xíngróngcí) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Chuvash: паллӑ ячӗ (pallă jač̬ĕ) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Cornish: hanow gwan — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Corsican: agettivu — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Corsican: aggettivu — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Corsican: aghjettivu — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Crimean Tatar: sıfat — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Czech: přídavné jméno n adjektivum — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Danish: adjektiv — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Danish: egenskabsord — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Danish: tillægsord — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Dutch: bijvoeglijk naamwoord — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Dutch: adjectief — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Erzya: раствал (rastval) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Esperanto: a-vorto — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Esperanto: adjektivo — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Estonian: omadussõna — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Estonian: adjektiiv — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Faroese: lýsingarorð — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Finnish: adjektiivi — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Finnish: laatusana — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• French: nom adjectif — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• French: adjectif — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Old French: nons adjectyfs — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• West-Frisian: eigenskipswurd — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Friulian: agetîv — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Galician: adxectivo — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Georgian: ზედსართავი სახელი (zedsartavi saxeli) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• German: Adjektiv — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• German: Eigenschaftswort — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• German: Beiwort — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• German: Wiewort — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• German: Beschreibungswort — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Greek: επίθετο (epítheto) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Ancient Greek: ἐπίθετον (epítheton) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Greenlandic: pissusilerissut — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Hawaiian: haʻiʻano — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Hebrew: שֵׁם תּוֹאַר — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Hebrew: שֵׁם תֹּאַר (shem to'ar) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Hindi: बिशेषण (biśeṣaṇ) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Hindi: विशेषण (viśeṣaṇ) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Hungarian: melléknév — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Icelandic: lýsingarorð — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Ido: adjektivo — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Indonesian: kata sifat — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Indonesian: adjektiva — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Indonesian: kata keadaan — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Interlingua: adjectivo — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Irish: aidiacht — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Italian: aggettivo — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Japanese: 形容動詞 (keiyō-dōshi) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Javanese: tembung kahanan — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Javanese: tembung sipat — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Kannada: ವಿಶೇಷಣ (viśēṣaṇa) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Kashmiri: باوُت (bāvut) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Kashubian: przëdownik — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Kazakh: сын есім (syn esım) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Khmer: គុណនាម (kunaʼniəm) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Khmer: វិសេសន (viseesaʼnaʼ) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Korean: 형용사 (hyeong'yongsa) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Kyrgyz: сын атооч (sın atooc) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Lao: ຄໍາຄຸນນາມ (kham khun nām) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Latin: (nōmen) adiectīvum — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Latvian: īpašības vārds — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Latvian: adjektīvs — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Limburgish: bievooglik naamwaord — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Lingala: likonzámí — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Lithuanian: būdvardis — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Low German: Adjektiv — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Luxembourgish: Adjektiv — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Macedonian: придавка (pridavka) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Malay: kata sifat — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Malay: kata keadaan — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Malay: adjektif — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Malayalam: നാമവിശേഷണം (nāmaviśēṣaṇaṁ) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Maltese: aġġettiv — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Manx: marennym — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Māori: kupuāhua — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Marathi: विशेषण (viśeṣaṇa) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Mongolian: тэмдэг нэр (temdeg ner) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Mongolian: тэмдэг үг (temdeg üg) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠨᠡᠷ᠎ᠡ (temdeg ner-e) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠦᠭᠡ (temdeg üge) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Nepali: विशेषण (viśeṣaṇ) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Norman: adjectif — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Norwegian Bokmål: adjektiv — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Norwegian Bokmål: eigenskapsord — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilleggsord — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: adjektiv — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eigenskapsord — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tilleggsord — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Occitan: adjectiu — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Odia: ବିଶେଷଣ (biśeṣaṇa) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Old English: tōġeīecendlīċ — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Pali: visesana — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Pannonian Rusyn: прикметнїк (prikmetnjik) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Pashto: صفت (sefat) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Dari: صِفَت (sifat) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Iranian Persian: صِفَت (sefat) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Iranian Persian: وَصْف (vasf) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Plautdietsch: Ieejenschoftswuat — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Polish: przymiotnik — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Polish: adiektyw — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Portuguese: adjetivo — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Quechua: sutip rampaqnin — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Kalo Finnish Romani: adjektiivos — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Romanian: adjectiv — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Romansh: adjectiv — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Russian: и́мя прилага́тельное (ímja prilagátelʹnoje) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Russian: прилага́тельное (prilagátelʹnoje) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Northern Sami: adjektiiva — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Sanskrit: विशेषण (viśeṣaṇa) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Scottish Gaelic: buadhair — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Serbo-Croatian: при́дев — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Serbo-Croatian: при́дјев — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Serbo-Croatian: prídev — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Serbo-Croatian: prídjev — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Sicilian: aggittivi — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Slovak: prídavné meno — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Slovene: pridevnik — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Lower Sorbian: adjektiw — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Upper Sorbian: adjektiw — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Spanish: adjetivo — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Sundanese: adjéktif — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Swahili: kivumishi — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Swahili: sifa — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Swedish: adjektiv — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Swedish: egenskapsord — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Swedish: tilläggsord — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Tagalog: pang-uri — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Tajik: сифат (sifat) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Tamil: உரிச்சொல் (uriccol) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Tamil: பெயரடை (peyaraṭai) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Tamil: பெயர் உரிச்சொல் (peyar uriccol) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Tatar: сыйфат (sıyfat) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Telugu: విశేషణము (viśēṣaṇamu) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Thai: คุณศัพท์ (kun-ná-sàp) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Thai: วิเศษณ์ (wí-sèet) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Thai: นามวิเศษณ์ — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Turkish: sıfat — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Turkish: önad — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Turkmen: sypat — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Ukrainian: прикме́тник (prykmétnyk) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Urdu: صِفَت (sifat) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Urdu: بِشیشَن (biśeśan) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Uyghur: سۈپەت (süpet) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Uzbek: sifat — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Vietnamese: tính từ — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Vietnamese: hình dung từ — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Volapük: ladyek — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Võro: umahussyna — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Walloon: addjectif — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Welsh: ansoddair — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Wolaytta: sunqquwa — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Yiddish: אַדיעקטיוו (adyektiv) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Zazaki: sıfet (diq) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Zazaki: vername (diq) — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Zulu: isiphawulo — (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent
• Finnish: muuntaa adjektiiviksi — to make an adjective of — see also adjectivize
• French: adjectiver — to make an adjective of — see also adjectivize
• French: adjectiviser — to make an adjective of — see also adjectivize
• French: adjectivaliser — to make an adjective of — see also adjectivize
• Greek: επιθετοποιώ (epithetopoió) — to make an adjective of — see also adjectivize
• Italian: aggettivare — to make an adjective of — see also adjectivize
• Polish: adiektywizować — to make an adjective of — see also adjectivize
• Polish: zadiektywizować — to make an adjective of — see also adjectivize
• Portuguese: adjetivar — to make an adjective of — see also adjectivize
• Spanish: adjetivar — to make an adjective of — see also adjectivize