adverb

== English == === Etymology === From French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) +‎ verbum (“word, verb”), so called because it is used to supplement other words. By surface analysis, ad- +‎ verb. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæd.vɜːb/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈæd.vɝb/ (Indic) IPA(key): /əɖˈvɜ(r)b/ Hyphenation: ad‧verb === Noun === adverb (plural adverbs) (grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses. (modifying a verb) I often went outside hiking during my stay in Japan. (modifying an adjective) It was often cold outside. (modifying another adverb) Not often. (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. ==== Hyponyms ==== (words that modify verbs, etc.): intransitive preposition ==== 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. ==== Synonyms ==== 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 nominalize/nominalise, substantivize/substantivise, noun, (rare) nounify, substantify, (very rare) substantive verbalize/verbalise, (colloquial) verb, verbify === Anagrams === Bevard, braved == Breton == === Etymology === ad- +‎ verb === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈad.vɛrp/ === Noun === adverb m (plural adverboù) (grammar) adverb == Estonian == === Etymology === From Latin adverbium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑd̥ˈverb̥/, [ɑd̥ˈverb̥] Rhymes: -erb Hyphenation: ad‧verb === Noun === adverb (genitive adverbi, partitive adverbi) (grammar, uncommon) adverb Synonym: määrsõna ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === 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 === From French adverbe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /advɛːb/ === Noun === adverb adverb ==== Related terms ==== adverbial == 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/ === Noun === adverb n (plural adverbe) adverb ==== 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) adverb 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] === Noun === adverb n adverb ==== 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 adverb ==== 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