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A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- Many collocations are noun phrases.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nominal phrase, nominal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: phrase
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Breton:
rannfrazenn anv
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Breton:
sintagm-anv
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Bulgarian:
именна група
(imenna grupa)
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Catalan:
sintagma nominal
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Chinese Mandarin:
名詞短語 /名词短语
(míngcí duǎnyǔ)
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Dutch:
nominale constituent
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Finnish:
substantiivilauseke
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Finnish:
nominilauseke
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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French:
groupe nominal
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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French:
syntagme nominal
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Galician:
sintagma nominal
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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German:
Nominalphrase
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Greek:
ονοματική φράση
(onomatikí frási)
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Hungarian:
főnévi csoport
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Hungarian:
főnévi kifejezés
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Hungarian:
főnévi szerkezet
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Icelandic:
nafnliður
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Interlingua:
phrase substantival
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Italian:
locuzione nominale
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Japanese:
名詞句
(meishiku)
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Khmer:
កន្សោមនាម
(kɑnsaom niem)
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Korean:
명사구
(myeongsagu)
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Norwegian Bokmål:
substantivfrase
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
substantivfrase
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Persian:
گروه اسمی
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Polish:
fraza rzeczownikowa
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Portuguese:
locução substantiva
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Portuguese:
locução nominal
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Romanian:
locuțiune substantivală
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Russian:
именно́е словосочета́ние
(imennóje slovosočetánije)
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Russian:
субстанти́вное словосочета́ние
(substantívnoje slovosočetánije)
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Serbo-Croatian:
и̏меничка̄ фра́за
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Serbo-Croatian:
ȉmeničkā fráza
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Spanish:
sintagma nominal
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Spanish:
grupo nominal
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Spanish:
frase nominal
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Swedish:
nominalfras
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Turkish:
ad öbeği
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Vietnamese:
cụm danh từ
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Vietnamese:
danh ngữ
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb
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Welsh:
ymadrodd enwol
— phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb