Subscriber login
Password
Forgot your password?
Library card login
Login with Shibboleth® »
Login with Athens »
Close menu
Oxford Dictionaries Online
The world's most trusted dictionaries
About
Subscriber services
What's new
Contact us
Help
Subscribe now
Already a subscriber or in a subscribing organization?
Login
Dictionary
Other language resources
US English
World English
Dictionary
Better writing
World of words
Puzzles and games
For children and schools
For learners of English
Email
Cite
adnominal
(ad¦nom|inal)
Pronunciation:
/ədˈnɒmɪn(ə)l/
adjective
Grammar
attached to or modifying a noun.
Origin:
mid 19th century
: from Latin
adnomen
'added name'
+
-al
More words in this category
active
amphibology
catenative
cleft
2
compound
1
conjunction
construction
disjunctive
form
grammar
nominative
parenthesize
parenthetical
parse
singular
split infinitive
supine
syncope
verbal
Nearby Words
admittedly
admix
admixture
admonish
admonition
admonitory
ADN
adnate
adnexa
adnominal
Adnyamathanha
ado
-ado
adobe
adobo
adolescence
adolescent
Adonai
Adonis