adverbial

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis. By surface analysis, adverb +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adverbial (comparative more adverbial, superlative most adverbial)

  1. (grammar) Of or relating to an adverb.
    • 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 9, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 495:
      And in (123) below, a (bracketed) Adverbial Phrase has undergone WH MOVEMENT:
      (123) (a)      [How quickly] will he drink the beer —?
      (123) (b)      [How carefully] did he plan his campaign —?
      (123) (c)      [How well] did he treat her —?

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Noun

adverbial (plural adverbials)

  1. (grammar) An adverbial word or phrase.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adverbial m or f (masculine and feminine plural adverbials)

  1. adverbial

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adverbial (feminine adverbiale, masculine plural adverbiaux, feminine plural adverbiales)

  1. adverbial

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adbɛɾˈbjal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: ad‧ver‧bial

Adjective

adverbial m or f (plural adverbiais)

  1. adverbial (of or relating to an adverb)

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German

Etymology

Adverb +‎ -ial

Pronunciation

Adjective

adverbial (strong nominative masculine singular adverbialer, not comparable)

  1. adverbial

Declension

Further reading

  • adverbial” in Duden online
  • adverbial” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French adverbial.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adverbial

  1. adverbial

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Noun

adverbial n (definite singular adverbialet, indefinite plural adverbial or adverbialer, definite plural adverbiala or adverbialene)

  1. adverbial (adverbial clause)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Noun

adverbial n (definite singular adverbialet, indefinite plural adverbial, definite plural adverbiala)

  1. adverbial (adverbial clause)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.veʁ.biˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒi.veʁˈbjaw/ , /ad͡ʒ.veʁ.biˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ad͡ʒ.veʁˈbjaw/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.veɾ.biˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒi.veɾˈbjaw/ , /ad͡ʒ.veɾ.biˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ad͡ʒ.veɾˈbjaw/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.d͡ʒi.veʁ.biˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒi.veʁˈbjaw/ , /ad͡ʒ.veʁ.biˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ad͡ʒ.veʁˈbjaw/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ad͡ʒ.veɻ.biˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ad͡ʒ.veɻˈbjaw/ , /a.d͡ʒi.veɻ.biˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /a.d͡ʒi.veɻˈbjaw/
 

Adjective

adverbial m or f (plural adverbiais)

  1. adverbial (of or relating to an adverb)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • adverbial” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French adverbial, from Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adverbial m or n (feminine singular adverbială, masculine plural adverbiali, feminine and neuter plural adverbiale)

  1. adverbial

Declension

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adverbial m or f (masculine and feminine plural adverbiales)

  1. adverbial

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Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

adverbial n

  1. an adverbial word or phrase

Declension

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