adnominal

[ ad-nom-uh-nl ]

/ ædˈnɒm ə nl /

Grammar

adjective

of, relating to, or used as the modifier of a noun, as new in the new theater, on the corner in the house on the corner, or the mayor's in the mayor's reputation.

of or relating to an adnoun.

noun

a word or phrase that modifies a noun.

Nearby words

adnerval, adneural, adnexa, adnexal adenoma, adnexum, adnominal, adnoun, ado, ado-ekiti, adobe, adobe flat

Origin of adnominal

1835–45; ad- + nominal, on the model of adverbial

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

British Dictionary definitions for adnominal

adnominal

/ (ədˈnɒmɪnəl) grammar /

noun

a word modifying a noun

adjective

of or relating to an adnoun

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012