adverbial
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis. By surface analysis, adverb + -ial.
=== Pronunciation ===
(General American) IPA(key): /ædˈvɝbi.əl/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ədˈvɜːbi.əl/
=== Adjective ===
adverbial (comparative more adverbial, superlative most adverbial)
(grammar) Of or relating to an adverb.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Translations ====
=== Noun ===
adverbial (plural adverbials)
(grammar) An adverbial word or phrase.
==== Usage notes ====
Although traditional metalanguage often uses adverbial as a noun and will call a prepositional phrase an adverb, some authorities in linguistics avoid these usages, saying instead (more precisely) that the phrase under discussion functions adverbially in that context.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
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=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
adverbial on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [əd.bər.biˈal]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [əd.vər.biˈal]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ad.veɾ.biˈal]
=== Adjective ===
adverbial m or f (masculine and feminine plural adverbials)
adverbial
==== Derived terms ====
adverbialment
==== Related terms ====
adverbi
=== Further reading ===
“adverbial”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“adverbial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“adverbial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“adverbial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ad.vɛʁ.bjal/
Homophones: adverbiale, adverbiales
=== Adjective ===
adverbial (feminine adverbiale, masculine plural adverbiaux, feminine plural adverbiales)
adverbial
==== Derived terms ====
adverbialement
locution adverbiale
==== Related terms ====
adverbe
=== Further reading ===
“adverbial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin adverbiālis.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /adbɛɾˈbjal/ [að̞.β̞ɛɾˈβ̞jɑɫ]
Rhymes: -al
Hyphenation: ad‧ver‧bial
=== Adjective ===
adverbial m or f (plural adverbiais)
adverbial (of or relating to an adverb)
==== Derived terms ====
adverbialmente
==== Related terms ====
adverbio
=== Further reading ===
“adverbial”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
== German ==
=== Etymology ===
Adverb + -ial
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʔatvɛɐ̯ˈbi̯aːl/
=== Adjective ===
adverbial (strong nominative masculine singular adverbialer, not comparable)
adverbial
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“adverbial” in Duden online
“adverbial” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
== Mauritian Creole ==
=== Etymology ===
From French adverbial.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /advɛːbjal/
=== Adjective ===
adverbial
adverbial
==== Related terms ====
adverb
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Noun ===
adverbial n (definite singular adverbialet, indefinite plural adverbial or adverbialer, definite plural adverbiala or adverbialene)
adverbial (adverbial clause)
=== References ===
“adverbial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Noun ===
adverbial n (definite singular adverbialet, indefinite plural adverbial, definite plural adverbiala)
adverbial (adverbial clause)
=== References ===
“adverbial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis. By surface analysis, advérbio + -al.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Adjective ===
adverbial m or f (plural adverbiais)
adverbial (of or relating to an adverb)
==== Derived terms ====
adverbialmente
==== Related terms ====
advérbio
=== Further reading ===
“adverbial”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“adverbial” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“adverbial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French adverbial, from Latin adverbiālis. By surface analysis, adverb + -ial.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ad.ver.biˈal/
=== Adjective ===
adverbial m or n (feminine singular adverbială, masculine plural adverbiali, feminine/neuter plural adverbiale)
adverbial
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“adverbial”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin adverbiālis.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /adbeɾˈbjal/ [að̞.β̞eɾˈβ̞jal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: ad‧ver‧bial
=== Adjective ===
adverbial m or f (masculine and feminine plural adverbiales)
adverbial
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“adverbial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Swedish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ad.vɛr.biˈɑːl/
Rhymes: -ɑːl
=== Noun ===
adverbial n
an adverbial word or phrase
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
adverbialsats
rumsadverbial
=== Further reading ===
adverbial in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)