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.
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.