Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
relational adjective. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
relational adjective, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
relational adjective in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
relational adjective you have here. The definition of the word
relational adjective will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
relational adjective, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Noun
relational adjective (plural relational adjectives)
- (grammar) An adjective that defines a relation and not a qualification.
In some languages, a noun cannot modify another noun by being placed right next to it (like an adjective); for such languages a noun might have a corresponding relational adjective (obtained from the noun by some morphological adjustment) which can modify another noun. For languages which do allow direct adjective-like modification of a noun by another noun, they might have relational adjectives anyway, for example, due to borrowing them from the former type of languages.
Translations
adjective derived from a proper noun