preposition
English
/ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, /ˈpɹiːpəˌzɪʃən/
noun
Definitions
- (grammar) Any of a class of non-inflecting words typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.
- (obsolete) A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English preposicioun derived from Old French preposicion derived from Latin praepositio, praepositionem.
Origin
Latin
praepositio, praepositionem
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- prepositionhood English
- prepositionless English
- prepositionlessness English
- praepositio, praepositionem Latin
- praepositiō Latin
- praepositiōnem, praepositio, praepositiō Latin
- Präposition German
- préposition French
- prépositionnel French
- posicioun Middle English
- preposicioun Middle English
- preposicion Old French
- prepoziciono Ido
- préposition Norman
- prepozīts Livonian
- prepozītsij Livonian