determinans

See also: determináns and déterminans

English

Etymology

From Latin dētermināns, present active participle of dēterminō (“fix the limits of something”), from dē + terminō (“bound, limit”).

Noun

determinans

  1. (grammar) 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 (genitive dēterminantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. delimiting, confining, defining, designating

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative dētermināns dēterminantēs dēterminantia
genitive dēterminantis dēterminantium
dative dēterminantī dēterminantibus
accusative dēterminantem dētermināns dēterminantēs
dēterminantīs 		dēterminantia
ablative dēterminante
dēterminantī1 		dēterminantibus
vocative dētermināns dēterminantēs dēterminantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

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