main clause

Language

English

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)
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Noun

main clause (plural main clauses)Category:English lemmas#MAINCLAUSE Category:English nouns#MAINCLAUSE Category:English countable nouns#MAINCLAUSE Category:English multiword terms#MAINCLAUSE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#MAINCLAUSE Category:Pages with entries#MAIN%20CLAUSE Category:Pages with 1 entry#MAIN%20CLAUSE

(grammar Category:en:Grammar#MAINCLAUSE) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.
Synonyms: coordinate clause, independent clause

Coordinate terms: subordinate clause, matrix clause

Translations

grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically

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Azerbaijani: baş cümləCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#MAINCLAUSE
Breton: pennlavarenn (br) fCategory:Terms with Breton translations#MAINCLAUSE, lavarenn dizalc'h fCategory:Terms with Breton translations#MAINCLAUSE
Catalan: oració principal fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#MAINCLAUSE
Chinese:
Mandarin: 主要分句 (zhǔyào fēnjù)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#MAINCLAUSE, 主句 (zh) (zhǔjù)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#MAIN%20CLAUSE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#MAINCLAUSE
Danish: hovedsætning cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#MAINCLAUSE
Dutch: hoofdzin (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#MAINCLAUSE
Finnish: päälause (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#MAINCLAUSE
French: proposition principale (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#MAINCLAUSE
Georgian: მთავარი წინადადება (mtavari c̣inadadeba)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#MAINCLAUSE
German: Hauptsatz (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#MAINCLAUSE
Hungarian: főmondat (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#MAINCLAUSE
Icelandic: aðalsetning (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#MAINCLAUSE
Irish: príomhchlásal mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#MAINCLAUSE
Italian: proposizione principale fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#MAINCLAUSE
Japanese: 主文 (ja) (しゅぶん, jūbun)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#MAINCLAUSE, 主節 (ja) (しゅせつ, shusetsu)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#MAINCLAUSE
Korean: 주절(主節) (ko) (jujeol)Category:Terms with Korean translations#MAINCLAUSE
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hevoka sereke fCategory:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#MAINCLAUSE
Polish: zdanie główne nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#MAINCLAUSE, zdanie nadrzędne (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#MAINCLAUSE
Portuguese: oração coordenada fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#MAINCLAUSE, oração principal fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#MAINCLAUSE
Russian: гла́вное предложе́ние n (glávnoje predložénije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#MAINCLAUSE
Spanish: proposición principal fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#MAINCLAUSE
Swedish: huvudsats (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#MAINCLAUSE
Thai: มุขยประโยค (th) (múk-kà-yá-bprà-yòok)Category:Terms with Thai translations#MAINCLAUSE, ประโยคหลัก (th) (bprà-yòok-làk)Category:Terms with Thai translations#MAINCLAUSE
Welsh: prif gymal mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#MAINCLAUSE

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