adverb

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) +‎ verb(um) (“word, verb”) +‎ -ium, so called because it is used to supplement other words (not specifically verbs). By surface analysis, ad- +‎ verb. === Pronunciation === enPR: ăd′vûrb (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæd.vɜːb/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæd.vɜɹb/ Rhymes: -ædvɜː(ɹ)b Hyphenation: ad‧verb === Noun === adverb (plural adverbs, abbreviation adv.) (grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses. Hyponym: intransitive preposition manner adverb (programming) In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine. ==== Usage notes ==== Adverbs comprise a fundamental category of words in most languages. In English, adverbs are typically formed from adjectives by appending -ly and are used to modify verbs, verb phrases, adjectives, other adverbs, and entire sentences, but rarely nouns or noun phrases. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === adverb (third-person singular simple present adverbs, present participle adverbing, simple past and past participle adverbed) (rare) To make into or become an adverb. Synonym: adverbialize === See also === Category:Adverbs by language (converting into or using as another part of speech) adjectivize/adjectivise, adjective, adjectify adverbialize/adverbialise, (rare) adverb, (rare) adverbify, adverbize/adverbise nominalize/nominalise, substantivize/substantivise, noun, (rare) nounify, substantify, (very rare) substantive verbalize/verbalise, (colloquial) verb, verbify === Further reading === “adverb”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Bevard, braved == Breton == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin adverbium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈad.vɛrp/ Rhymes: -advɛrp Hyphenation: ad‧verb === Noun === adverb m (plural adverboù) (grammar) adverb (lexical category) == Cornish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English adverb. === Noun === adverb m (plural adverbow) (grammar) adverb (lexical category) == Estonian == === Etymology === From Latin adverbium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑd̥ˈverb̥/, [ɑd̥ˈverb̥] Rhymes: -erb Hyphenation: ad‧verb === Noun === adverb (genitive adverbi, partitive adverbi) (grammar, uncommon) adverb (lexical category) Synonym: määrsõna ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === adverb in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “adverb”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 == Mauritian Creole == === Etymology === Inherited from French adverbe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ad.vɛːb/ Rhymes: -ɛːb Hyphenation: ad‧verb === Noun === adverb (grammar) adverb (lexical category) ==== Related terms ==== adverbial === References === Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 87 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) +‎ verbum (“word, verb”). === Noun === adverb n (definite singular adverbet, indefinite plural adverb or adverber, definite plural adverba or adverbene) (grammar) an adverb === References === “adverb” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) +‎ verbum (“word, verb”). === Noun === adverb n (definite singular adverbet, indefinite plural adverb, definite plural adverba) (grammar) an adverb === References === “adverb” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Romanian == === Etymology === From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) +‎ verbum (“word, verb”), French adverbe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /adˈverb/ Rhymes: -erb Hyphenation: ad‧verb === Noun === adverb n (plural adverbe) (grammar) adverb (lexical category) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “adverb”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) +‎ verbum (“word, verb”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ǎdʋerb/ Hyphenation: ad‧verb === Noun === àdverb m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̀дверб) (grammar) adverb (lexical category) Synonym: prílog ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “adverb”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verbum (“word”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /adˈvɛrːb/, [adˈværːb] Rhymes: -ɛrːb Hyphenation: ad‧verb === Noun === adverb n (grammar) adverb (lexical category) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== adverbial == Veps == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin adverbium. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Noun === adverb (grammar) adverb (lexical category) ==== Inflection ==== === References === Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “наречие”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika