subordinate clause

English

Noun

Examples
If he lives long enough, Samuel will visit all the countries in the world. subordinate clause (adverbial clause of condition)

subordinate clause (plural subordinate clauses)

1. (grammar) A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence, but functions as either a noun, adjective or adverb in a sentence.

Synonyms

• dependent clause

Coordinate terms

• independent clause
• relative clause

Translations

a clause that cannot stand alone

• Breton: islavarenn (br) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 從屬小句／从属小句 (cóngshǔ xiǎojù), 從句／从句 (zh) (cóngjù)

• Czech: vedlejší věta
• Danish: ledsætning c, bisætning c
• Dutch: bijzin (nl) m
• Finnish: sivulause (fi)
• French: proposition subordonnée (fr) f, subordonnée (fr) f
• Ga: wiemɔ fafai
• Georgian: დამოკიდებული წინადადება (damoḳidebuli c̣inadadeba)
• German: Nebensatz (de) m
• Greek: δευτερεύουσα πρόταση f (defterévousa prótasi)
• Hungarian: mellékmondat (hu)
• Icelandic: aukasetning f
• Irish: fochlásal m
• Italian: proposizione subordinata f
• Japanese: 従属節 (じゅうぞくせつ, jūzokusetsu), 付属節 (ふぞくせつ, fuzokusetsu)
• Korean: 종속절(從屬節) (ko) (jongsokjeol)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} sententia subordinata f
• Latvian: palīgteikums (lv) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: leddsetning m or f, bisetning m or f

  Nynorsk: leddsetning f, ledsetning f

• Polish: zdanie podrzędne (pl) n
• Portuguese: oração subordinada f
• Romanian: propoziție subordonată (ro) f
• Russian: прида́точное предложе́ние n (pridátočnoje predložénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: fo-chlàs m
• Serbo-Croatian: zavisna rečenica f
• Spanish: proposición subordinada f
• Swedish: bisats (sv) c
• Thai: อนุประโยค (th) (à-nú-bprà-yòok), ประโยคย่อย (th) (bprà-yòok-yɔ̂i)
• Turkish: yan cümle (tr), yan tümce (tr)
• Welsh: isgymal m