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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

形容词

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xíngróngcí

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Adjective/ˈædʒɪktɪv/
nounadjectiveCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这句话里包含两个形容词。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

    "In the phrase 'the blue car', the word 'blue' is an adjective."
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Synonyms (2)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin adjective 'adiectivus' meaning 'added' or 'appended', from 'adicere' (to add to), combining 'ad-' (to) and 'iacere' (to throw). Entered the English language in the late 14th century through Middle French 'adjectif' as a grammatical term denoting a word added to a noun to qualify it.

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