prepositional phrase

English[edit]

Examples
The man in the story walked along the beach.

prepositional phrase (plural prepositional phrases)

(grammar) A phrase containing both a preposition and its object or complement; may be used as an adjunct or a modifier.
Synonym: PP

phrase containing both a preposition and its complement

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: կապային կառույց (kapayin kaṙuycʻ), նախդրավոր կառույց (naxdravor kaṙuycʻ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 介詞短語／介词短语 (jiècí duǎnyǔ)
Czech: předložková vazba f
Danish: præpositionsforbindelse (da) c
Dutch: voorzetselconstituent
Finnish: prepositiolauseke
French: syntagme prépositionnel (fr) m
German: Präpositionalphrase (de) f
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Icelandic: forsetningarliður m
Italian: locuzione preposizionale f, sintagma preposizionale m
Japanese: 前置詞句 (ぜんちしく, zenchishiku)
Khmer: កន្សោមមានធ្នាក់ (kɑnsaom mien tneak)
Korean: 전치사구 (jeonchisagu)
Northern Sami: preposišuvdnagihppu
Polish: wyrażenie przyimkowe (pl) n
Portuguese: frase preposicional f
Russian: предло́жно-именно́е сочета́ние n (predlóžno-imennóje sočetánije), предло́жная гру́ппа (ru) f (predlóžnaja grúppa)
Scottish Gaelic: abairt roimhearach f
Spanish: sintagma preposicional m
Swedish: prepositionsfras (sv)
Turkish: ilgeç öbeği
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can