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attributive nouns

attributive nouns is the plural of attributive noun.

Meaning of attributive noun

Noun

attributive noun (plural attributive nouns)

  1. A noun that modifies another noun (thus functioning adjectivally) and that is grammatically optional; it may be a single word, a compound noun, or a noun phrase.
    Synonyms:
    noun adjunct, noun modifier, noun premodifier, qualifying noun, apposite noun
  2. (when referring to a language other than English) A noun denoting bearer of a quality or an attribute of a subject, in reference to the lexical morpheme from which it is derived.

Questions about attributive nouns

What is attributive nouns the plural of?
Attributive nouns is the plural of attributive noun.

Words near attributive nouns in the dictionary

  1. attributive adjective
  2. attributive adjectives
  3. attributive clause
  4. attributive clauses
  5. attributive noun
  6. attributive nouns
  7. attributive verb
  8. attributive verbs
  9. attributively
  10. attributiveness
  11. attributives

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