attributive

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ə.ˈtɹɪ.bju.tɪv/, [əˈtʃɹɪbjuɾɪv]

Adjective

attributive

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

   In "this big house", "big" is attributive, whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.

   In "this tiger is a man-eater," "man" is an attributive 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).

   Antonyms: predicative

2. Having the nature of an attribute.

Related terms

• attribute

Translations

• French: épithète
• German: attributiv
• Russian: определи́тельный
• Spanish: atributivo

Translations

• French: attributif, attributive
• German: attributiv
• Russian: атрибути́вный

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: épithète
• Russian: определе́ние

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