attributive genitive

1. 1.

   a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective

   “an example of the attributive genetive is `John's' in `John's mother'”

   Synonymsattributive genitive case

   Broadergenitive

1. 1.

   a word in the genitive case used as an attributive adjective

   “an example of the attributive genitive is `John's' in `John's mother'”

   Similarattributive

   grammar

Questions about attributive genitive

What does attributive genitive mean?

attributive genitive means "a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for attributive genitive?

Close synonyms include attributive genitive case. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is attributive genitive a common word?

attributive genitive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.