noun
attributive adjective
A grammatical term for adjectives that can only be used attributively (before a noun), not predicatively. In Japanese linguistics, it often refers to certain adnominal forms or specific adjective classes.
英語の「main」は限定形容詞で、叙述用法では使えない。
English 'main' is an attributive adjective and cannot be used predicatively.
In Japanese linguistics, some adnominal words are sometimes called attributive adjectives.