main clause

See also: main-clause

English

Noun

main clause (plural main clauses)

(grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.

Synonyms

independent clause
matrix clause

Translations

grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically

Chinese:
Mandarin: 主要小句 (zhǔyào xiǎojù), 主句 (zh) (zhǔjù)
Danish: hovedsætning c
Dutch: hoofdzin (nl) m, ^{(please verify)} enkelvoudige zin m
Finnish: päälause (fi)
French: ^{(please verify)} proposition simple f
Georgian: მთავარი წინადადება (mtavari c̣inadadeba)
German: Hauptsatz (de) m
Hungarian: főmondat (hu)
Icelandic: aðalsetning (is) f

Irish: príomhchlásal m
Japanese: 主文 (ja) (しゅぶん, jūbun), 主節 (しゅせつ, shusetsu)
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: hevoka sereke (ku) f
Polish: zdanie główne n
Portuguese: oração coordenada f
Russian: гла́вное предложе́ние n (glávnoje predložénije)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} oración afirmativa f
Swedish: huvudsats (sv) c
Thai: มุขยประโยค (th) (múk-kà-yá-bprà-yòok), ประโยคหลัก (th) (bprà-yòok-làk)

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