adverbial

Etymology

From adverb +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ædˈvɝbi.əl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ədˈvɜːbi.əl/

Adjective

adverbial (comparative more adverbial, superlative most adverbial)

1. (grammar) Of or relating to an adverb.
   • 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 9, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 495:

     And in (123) below, a (bracketed) Adverbial Phrase has undergone WH MOVEMENT:
     (123) (a)      [How quickly] will he drink the beer —?
     (123) (b)      [How carefully] did he plan his campaign —?
     (123) (c)      [How well] did he treat her —?

Noun

adverbial (plural adverbials)

1. (grammar) An adverbial word or phrase.

Etymology

From Latin adverbialis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əd.vəɾ.biˈal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əd.bər.biˈal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ad.veɾ.biˈal/

Adjective

adverbial (masculine and feminine plural adverbials)

1. adverbial

Further reading

• “adverbial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Latin adverbialis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.vɛʁ.bjal/

• Audio

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• Homophones: adverbiale, adverbiales

Adjective

adverbial (feminine singular adverbiale, masculine plural adverbiaux, feminine plural adverbiales)

1. adverbial

Further reading

• “adverbial” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Adverb +‎ -ial

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔatvɛɐ̯ˈbi̯aːl/

• Audio

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Adjective

adverbial (not comparable)

1. adverbial

Further reading

• adverbial in Duden online

Noun

adverbial n (definite singular adverbialet, indefinite plural adverbial or adverbialer, definite plural adverbiala or adverbialene)

1. adverbial (adverbial clause)

References

• “adverbial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Noun

adverbial n (definite singular adverbialet, indefinite plural adverbial, definite plural adverbiala)

1. adverbial (adverbial clause)

References

• “adverbial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Latin adverbialis.

Adjective

adverbial m, f (plural adverbiais, comparable)

1. adverbial (of or relating to an adverb)

Etymology

Borrowed from French adverbial and Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.ver.biˈal/

Adjective

adverbial m, n (feminine singular adverbială, masculine plural adverbiali, feminine and neuter plural adverbiale)

1. adverbial

Etymology

From Latin adverbiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adberˈbjal/, [aðberˈβjal]

Adjective

adverbial (plural adverbiales)

1. adverbial

Further reading

• “adverbial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Noun

adverbial n

1. an adverbial word or phrase