subordinate clause

See also: subordinate-clause

English

Noun

subordinate clause (plural subordinate clauses)

(grammar) A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence, but functions as either a noun, adjective or adverb in a sentence.
"If they live long enough" in "If they live long enough, Samuel and Milady will visit all the countries in the world." is a subordinate clause.

Synonyms

dependent clause

Related terms

Translations

a clause that cannot stand alone

Chinese:
Mandarin: 從屬小句, 从属小句 (cóngshǔ xiǎojù), 從句 (zh), 从句 (zh) (cóngjù)
Czech: vedlejší věta
Danish: ledsætning c, bisætning c
Dutch: bijzin (nl) m
Finnish: sivulause (fi)
French: proposition subordonnée f, subordonnée (fr) f
Georgian: დამოკიდებული წინადადება (damoḳidebuli c̣inadadeba)
German: Nebensatz (de) m
Greek: δευτερεύουσα πρόταση f (defterévousa prótasi)
Hungarian: alárendelt mondat
Icelandic: aukasetning f
Irish: fochlásal m

Japanese: 従属節 (じゅうぞくせつ, jūzokusetsu), 付属節 (ふぞくせつ, fuzokusetsu)
Korean: 종속절 (ko) (jongsokjeol) (從屬節 (ko))
Latin: ^{(please verify)} sententia subordinata f
Latvian: palīgteikums m
Polish: zdanie podrzędne (pl) n
Portuguese: oração subordinada f
Russian: прида́точное предложе́ние n (pridátočnoje predložénije)
Scottish Gaelic: fo-chlàs m
Serbo-Croatian: zavisna rečenica f
Spanish: oración subordinada (es) f
Swedish: bisats (sv) c
Thai: อนุประโยค (th) (à-nú-bprà-yòok), ประโยคย่อย (th) (bprà-yòok-yɔ̂i)
Turkish: yan cümle (tr), yan tümce (tr)

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