determinans.
A modifier; a word that modifies another word.
Meaning & usage
A modifier; a word that modifies another word.
In the noun phrase “noun phrase”, “noun” is the determinans and “phrase” is the determinatum.
Where this word comes from
From Latin dētermināns, present active participle of dēterminō (“fix the limits of something”), from dē + terminō (“bound, limit”).
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