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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessubordonnée
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /sy.bɔʁ.do.ne/
"Cette phrase contient une subordonnée relative."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A clause that depends on the main clause of a sentence for its meaning and cannot stand alone as a complete grammatical sentence.
"In the sentence 'She left because she was tired,' the phrase 'because she was tired' is a subordinate clause." - 2
A dependent clause functioning as a noun, adjective, or adverb within a larger syntactic structure.
"The teacher explained how a relative pronoun introduces a subordinate clause."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Medieval Latin 'subordinatus' (placed in a lower order, from sub- 'beneath' + ordinare 'to order') combined with 'clause' from Old French 'clause', originating from Latin 'clausa' (an enclosure or ending of a sentence). The grammatical usage developed in the 19th century to describe dependent clauses within complex sentences.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Subordinate clause" is said worldwide
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subordonnée
Transliteration: /sy.bɔʁ.do.ne/
"Cette phrase contient une subordonnée relative."
Nebensatz
Transliteration: /ˈneːbn̩ˌzat͡s/
"Der Nebensatz enthält ein Verb am Ende."
proposizione subordinata
Transliteration: /pro.po.ziˈt͡sjo.ne su.bor.diˈna.ta/
"La frase complessa è formata da una principale e una subordinata."
oración subordinada
Transliteration: /o.ɾaˈsjon su.βoɾ.ðiˈna.ða/
"La oración subordinada depende del verbo principal."
oração subordinada
Transliteration: /u.ɾaˈsɐ̃w su.buʁ.diˈna.dɐ/
"A oração subordinada exerce uma função sintáctica."
आश्रित उपवाक्य
Transliteration: ashrit upavakya
"जटिल वाक्य में एक मुख्य उपवाक्य और एक आश्रित उपवाक्य होता है।"
从句
Transliteration: cóngjù
"这个复杂句包含一个从句。"
종속절
Transliteration: jongsokjeol
"복문은 주절과 종속절로 이루어져 있다."
従属節
Transliteration: jūsokusetsu
"この文には従属節が含まれています。"
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