attributive noun (English, noun)
expansion: attributive noun (plural attributive nouns)
Senses:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of noun adjunct (“a noun that modifies another noun attributively”).
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
qualifier: when referring to a language other than English
glosses: A noun denoting bearer of a quality or an attribute of a subject, in reference to the lexical morpheme from which it is derived.
Forms:
form: attributive nouns
tags: plural