pre-noun adjectival; adnominal adjective
A part of speech in Japanese grammar that modifies nouns directly, like この, 大きな, いわゆる. Used in linguistic and educational contexts.
Words like この and 大きな are classified as pre-noun adjectivals.
形容詞 conjugates and can serve as a predicate, while 連体詞 never conjugates and only modifies nouns directly, like この or大きな.
連体詞 only modifies nouns directly (大きな本) and can never be a predicate, whereas 形容動詞 can also stand alone with だ/です as a predicate.
Compound of 連体 (rentai, 'attributive') + 詞 (shi, 'word'). The term was coined in Japanese linguistics to describe words that only appear before nouns.