noun
compound preposition; complex preposition; phrasal preposition
A grammatical term for a preposition consisting of multiple words, such as 'in front of' or 'because of'. Used in linguistics and language study contexts.
英語の「in front of」は群前置詞の一例です。
English 'in front of' is an example of a compound preposition.
Compound of 群 (group) + 前置詞 (preposition), a calque from English 'compound preposition' or similar Western grammatical terminology.