English-Thai Dictionary

adjective

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ คุณ ศัพท์  เป็น คุณ ศัพท์  kiao-kab-khun-na-sab

 

adjective

N คำคุณ ศัพท์  คำขยาย นาม  kham-khun-na-sab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADJECTIVE

n.In grammar, a word used with a noun, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. It is called also an attributive or attribute. Thus, in the phrase, a wise ruler, wise is the adjective or attribute, expressing a particular property of ruler.

 

ADJECTIVELY

adv. In the manner of an adjective; as, a word is used adjectively.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADJECTIVE

Ad "jec *tive, a. Etym: [See Adjective, n.]

 

1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an word sentence.

 

2. Not standing by itself; dependent. Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency.

 

3. Relating to procedure. "The whole English law, substantive and adjective. " Macaulay.

 

ADJECTIVE

Ad "jec *tive, n. Etym: [L. adjectivum (sc. nomen ), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See Adject. ]

 

1. (Gram. )

 

Defn: A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler, " wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.

 

2. A dependent; an accessory. Fuller.

 

ADJECTIVE

Ad "jec *tive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjectived; p. pr. & vb. n.Adjectiving.]

 

Defn: To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [R.] Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has. .. adjectived all three. Tooke.

 

ADJECTIVELY

ADJECTIVELY Ad "jec *tive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adjective

ad jec tive |ˈajiktiv ˈæʤəktɪv | ▶noun Grammar a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it. DERIVATIVES ad jec ti val |ˌajikˈtīvəl |adjective, ad jec ti val ly |ˌajikˈtīvəlē |adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adject- ‘added, ’ from the verb adjicere, from ad- ‘toward ’ + jacere ‘throw. ’ The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, the latter being a translation of Greek onoma epitheton ‘attributive name. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

adjective

ad |jec ¦tive |ˈadʒɪktɪv | ▶noun Grammar a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical . DERIVATIVES adjectival |adʒɪkˈtʌɪv (ə )l |adjective, adjectivally |adʒɪkˈtʌɪv (ə )li |adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adject- ‘added ’, from the verb adicere, from ad- ‘towards ’ + jacere ‘throw ’. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton ‘attributive name ’.

 

French Dictionary

adjectivement

adjectivement adv. adverbe Avec la valeur d ’un adjectif.

 

adjectiver

adjectiver ou adjectiviser v. tr. verbe transitif Utiliser comme adjectif. : Dans la phrase « Cette femme pressée est en retard », le mot pressé est un participe passé adjectivé. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

adjective

ad jec tive /ǽdʒɪktɪv /〖語源は 「…に付けられた 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 〘文法 〙形容詞 .形容詞 1 〘文法 〙形容詞の , 形容詞的な ; 付加的な , 自立しない, 従属した .2 〘法 〙手続き [形式 ]上の .～ly 副詞