phrasal

English

Examples ((grammar) consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech)

Etymology

From phrase +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɹeɪzəl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪzəl

Adjective

phrasal (comparative more phrasal, superlative most phrasal)

  1. Relating to, or used in the manner of, a phrase.
  2. (grammar) Consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech.
    phrasal preposition

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Translations

Noun

phrasal (plural phrasals)

  1. (grammar) A grammatical construct that consists of multiple words, but behaves as a single part of speech.
    • 1985, Dan Isaac Slobin, The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition, page 105:
      Furthermore, children demonstrated that they understood the mapping by elaborating phrasals to sententials, and reducing sententials to phrasals when imitating.
    1. A phrasal verb.
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