限げん定てい形けい容よう詞し

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.

• 英えい語ごの「main」は限げん定てい形けい容よう詞しで、叙じょ述じゅつ用よう法ほうでは使つかえない。

  English 'main' is an attributive adjective and cannot be used predicatively.

• 日本にほん語ご学がくでは、連れん体たい詞しの一いち部ぶを限げん定てい形けい容よう詞しと呼よぶことがある。

  In Japanese linguistics, some adnominal words are sometimes called attributive adjectives.