adverb
English
Etymology
From French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verbum (“word, verb”), so called because it is used to supplement other words.
Pronunciation
Noun
adverb (plural adverbs)
- (grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- ‘Fortunately your papa appreciates it; he appreciates it immensely’—that was one of the things Miss Overmore also said, with a striking insistence on the adverb.
- (modifying a verb) I often went outside hiking during my stay in Japan.
- (modifying an adjective) It was often cold outside.
- (modifying another adverb) Not often.
- (programming) In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.
Usage notes
Adverbs comprise a fundamental category of words in most languages. In English, adverbs are typically formed from adjectives by appending -ly and are used to modify verbs, verb phrases, adjectives, other adverbs, and entire sentences, but rarely nouns or noun phrases.
Hyponyms
- (words that modify verbs, etc.): intransitive preposition
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
adverb (third-person singular simple present adverbs, present participle adverbing, simple past and past participle adverbed)
- (rare) To make into or become an Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
- 1973, Indian Linguistics, volume 34, page 241:
- Considering these postpositional phrases to be adverbed phrases would be an insufficient analysis, since the postpositions are determined by the verb.
Synonyms
See also
- Category:Adverbs by language
Breton
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈad.vɛrp/
Estonian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑd̥ˈverb̥/, [ɑd̥ˈverb̥]
- Rhymes: -erb
- Hyphenation: ad‧verb
Noun
adverb (genitive adverbi, partitive adverbi)
- (grammar) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- adverbiaal
- adverbiaalne
- adverbiline
- afiksaaladverb
- kausaaladverbiaal
- lokaaladverbiaal
- temporaaladverbiaal
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /advɛːb/
Noun
adverb
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- (grammar) an Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- “adverb” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- (grammar) an Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- “adverb” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adˈverb/
Noun
adverb n (plural adverbe)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | adverbul | (niște) adverbe | adverbele |
genitive/dative | (unui) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | adverbului | (unor) adverbe | adverbelor |
vocative | adverbule | adverbelor |
Further reading
- adverb in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎdʋerb/
- Hyphenation: ad‧verb
Noun
àdverb m (Cyrillic spelling а̀дверб)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Synonym: prílog
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | adverbi |
genitive | adverba | àdvērbā |
dative | adverbu | adverbima |
accusative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | adverbe |
vocative | adverbe | adverbi |
locative | adverbu | adverbima |
instrumental | adverbom | adverbima |
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adˈvɛrːb/, [adˈværːb]
Audio (file)
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Related terms
Veps
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin adverbium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “наречие”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika