adnoun

suomi-englanti sanakirja

adnoun englannista suomeksi

1. substantiivisesti käytetty adjektiivi

0. Substantiivi

adnoun englanniksi

1. an adjective used as a noun (stricto); an absolute adjective (nominalized adjective).

2. an adjective

3. 1830, Thomas Nugent & J. Quiseau, ''A new Pocket Dictionary of the French and English Languages. In two Parts. 1. French and English.—2. English and French. Containing all the Words in general Use, and authorized by the best Writers. The Fifth American, from the last London Edition'', Philadelphia, p.xii ("Section II: Of Grammar in general)"):

3. An ''adjective'' or ''adnoun'', expresses a particular quality ascribed to a substantive—A ''good'' man, a ''bad'' man, a ''studious'' man, a ''lazy'' man—The words ''good, bad, studious'', and ''lazy'', express the particular quality which belong to such or such a man.