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Definition 2024
determinans
determinans
See also: determináns
English
Noun
determinans
- (linguistics) A modifier; a word that modifies another word.
- In the noun phrase “noun phrase”, “noun” is the determinans and “phrase” is the determinatum.
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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of dēterminō.
Participle
dētermināns m, f, n (genitive dēterminantis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | dētermināns | dēterminantēs | dēterminantia | ||
| genitive | dēterminantis | dēterminantium | |||
| dative | dēterminantī | dēterminantibus | |||
| accusative | dēterminantem | dētermināns | dēterminantēs | dēterminantia | |
| ablative | dēterminante, dēterminantī1 | dēterminantibus | |||
| vocative | dētermināns | dēterminantēs | dēterminantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.