prepositional article

English

Noun

prepositional article (plural prepositional articles)

1. (grammar) In some languages, such as French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, a contraction of a preposition and an article, e.g. au in French (a contraction of à and le).

Translations

contraction of a preposition and an article

• French: préposition composée f
• Italian: preposizione articolata f
• Japanese: 縮約冠詞 (しゅくやくかんし, shukuyaku kanshi), 冠詞前置詞 (かんしぜんちし, kanshi zenchishi)
• Polish: przyimek ściągnięty m
• Portuguese: preposição contraída f
• Russian: сочленённый предло́г m (sočlenjónnyj predlóg)
• Sicilian: pripusizziuni articulata f, pripusizziuni cuntratta f
• Spanish: preposición compuesta f