function word

English

Noun

function word (plural function words)

(linguistics, lexicography) A word that has little meaning when standing alone, but instead serves to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker, such as prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, or conjunctions.
Synonyms: functor, grammatical word

Antonyms: content word, lexical word

Translations

function word

French: mot-outil (fr) m, mot grammatical m

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