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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis . By surface analysis , adverb + -ial .
Pronunciation
Adjective
adverbial (comparative more adverbial , superlative most adverbial )
( 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 —?
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to an adverb
Noun
adverbial (plural adverbials )
( grammar ) An adverbial word or phrase .
Derived terms
Translations
grammar: word or phrase modifying a verb
Arabic: ظَرْف m ( ẓarf )
Azerbaijani: zərflik
Chinese:
Mandarin: 狀語 / 状语 (zh) ( zhuàngyǔ ) ; ( adverb ) 副詞 / 副词 (zh) ( fùcí )
Czech: příslovečné určení n
Finnish: adverbiaali (fi)
French: complément adverbial m
German: Umstandsbestimmung (de) f , Adverbialbestimmung (de) f , adverbiale Bestimmung (de) f , Adverbial (de) n , Adverbiale (de) n
Hungarian: határozó (hu)
Japanese: ( adverb ) 副詞 (ja) ( ふくし, fukushi ) , 副詞句 ( ふくしく, fukushiku ) , 副詞節 ( ふくしせつ, fukushisetsu )
Mongolian: байц (mn) ( bajc )
Polish: okolicznik (pl) m
Portuguese: adverbial (pt) m
Russian: обстоя́тельство (ru) n ( obstojátelʹstvo ) , ( adverb ) наре́чие (ru) n ( naréčije ) , адвербиа́л (ru) m ( adverbiál )
Swedish: adverbial (sv) n
Further reading
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis .
Pronunciation
Adjective
adverbial m or f (masculine and feminine plural adverbials )
adverbial
Derived terms
Further reading
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis .
Pronunciation
Adjective
adverbial (feminine adverbiale , masculine plural adverbiaux , feminine plural adverbiales )
adverbial
Derived terms
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin adverbiālis .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /adbɛɾˈbjal/
Rhymes: -al
Hyphenation: ad‧ver‧bial
Adjective
adverbial m or f (plural adverbiais )
adverbial ( of or relating to an adverb )
Derived terms
Further reading
German
Etymology
Adverb + -ial
Pronunciation
Adjective
adverbial (strong nominative masculine singular adverbialer , not comparable )
adverbial
Declension
Positive forms of adverbial (uncomparable )
Further reading
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French adverbial .
Pronunciation
Adjective
adverbial
adverbial
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
adverbial n (definite singular adverbialet , indefinite plural adverbial or adverbialer , definite plural adverbiala or adverbialene )
adverbial ( adverbial clause )
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
adverbial n (definite singular adverbialet , indefinite plural adverbial , definite plural adverbiala )
adverbial ( adverbial clause )
References
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/
( 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 )
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 )
adverbial
Declension
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /adbeɾˈbjal/
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: ad‧ver‧bial
Adjective
adverbial m or f (masculine and feminine plural adverbiales )
adverbial
Derived terms
Further reading
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
adverbial n
an adverbial word or phrase
Declension
Further reading