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predicative adjective (plural predicative adjectives)
- (grammar) An adjective that is not part of the noun clause it modifies, but is linked to it with a copula.
‘Complicated’ is a predicative adjective in the sentence ‘Grammar is complicated.’
In ‘This looks bad,’ the word ‘bad’ is the predicative adjective.
adjective that follows a linking verb
- Chinese:
- Dutch: predicaatsadjectief (nl) n
- Esperanto: predikativa adjektivo
- Finnish: predikatiivinen adjektiivi
- French: adjectif attribut m
- German: Prädikatsadjektiv n, adjektivisches Prädikativum n
- Italian: aggettivo predicativo m
- Portuguese: predicativo adjetivo m
- Romanian: adjectiv predicativ n, atribut (ro)
- Scottish Gaelic: buadhair aisneiseach m
- Spanish: atributo adjetival m