possessional adjective

English

Examples

Noun

possessional adjective (plural possessional adjectives)Category:English lemmas#POSSESSIONALADJECTIVECategory:English nouns#POSSESSIONALADJECTIVECategory:English countable nouns#POSSESSIONALADJECTIVECategory:English multiword terms#POSSESSIONALADJECTIVECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#POSSESSIONALADJECTIVECategory:Pages with entries#POSSESSIONAL%20ADJECTIVECategory:Pages with 1 entry#POSSESSIONAL%20ADJECTIVE

  1. (grammarCategory:en:Grammar#POSSESSIONALADJECTIVE) An adjective indicating that a noun is in possession of, or has the quality of, some other noun; usually formed in English by the affixation of the suffix -ed, -ful, -y, -ous, -able, -ual, -ish, -ar or -esque, or the suffixoid -like, to the noun being possessed.
    Antonym: privative adjective

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Translations

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