adverbial

English

Etymology

From Latin adverbiālis. 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 —?

Derived terms
terms derived from adverbial (adjective)

Translations

Noun

adverbial (plural adverbials)

  1. (grammar) An adverbial word or phrase.

Translations

See also

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /əd.vəɾ.biˈal/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /əd.bər.biˈal/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ad.veɾ.biˈal/

Adjective

adverbial (masculine and feminine plural adverbials)

  1. adverbial

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ad.vɛʁ.bjal/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophones: adverbiale, adverbiales

Adjective

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

  1. adverbial

Derived terms

Further reading

German

Etymology

Adverb +‎ -ial

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔatvɛɐ̯ˈbi̯aːl/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

adverbial (not comparable)

  1. adverbial

Declension
Declension of adverbial
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist adverbial sie ist adverbial es ist adverbial sie sind adverbial
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative adverbialer adverbiale adverbiales adverbiale
genitive adverbialen adverbialer adverbialen adverbialer
dative adverbialem adverbialer adverbialem adverbialen
accusative adverbialen adverbiale adverbiales adverbiale
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der adverbiale die adverbiale das adverbiale die adverbialen
genitive des adverbialen der adverbialen des adverbialen der adverbialen
dative dem adverbialen der adverbialen dem adverbialen den adverbialen
accusative den adverbialen die adverbiale das adverbiale die adverbialen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein adverbialer eine adverbiale ein adverbiales (keine) adverbialen
genitive eines adverbialen einer adverbialen eines adverbialen (keiner) adverbialen
dative einem adverbialen einer adverbialen einem adverbialen (keinen) adverbialen
accusative einen adverbialen eine adverbiale ein adverbiales (keine) adverbialen

Further reading

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /advɛːbjal/

Etymology

From French adverbial.

Adjective

adverbial

  1. adverbial

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

  1. adverbial (adverbial clause)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

  1. adverbial (adverbial clause)

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin adverbiālis.

Adjective

adverbial m or f (plural adverbiais, comparable)

  1. adverbial (of or relating to an adverb)

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French adverbial, from Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ad.ver.biˈal/

Adjective

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

  1. adverbial

Declension
declension of adverbial
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative		 indefinite adverbial adverbială adverbiali adverbiale
definite adverbialul adverbiala adverbialii adverbialele
genitive/
dative		 indefinite adverbial adverbiale adverbiali adverbiale
definite adverbialului adverbialei adverbialilor adverbialelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /adberˈbjal/, [aðβerˈβjal]

Adjective

adverbial (plural adverbiales)

  1. adverbial

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

adverbial n

  1. an adverbial word or phrase

Declension
Declension of adverbial 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative adverbial adverbialet adverbial adverbialen
Genitive adverbials adverbialets adverbials adverbialens
  • adverbialsats
  • rumsadverbial
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