Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Noun
- 1.1.1 Usage notes
- 1.1.2 Related terms
- 1.1.3 Translations
- 1.1 Noun
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (grammar) That state of an adjective or adverb indicating simple quality, without comparison or relation to increase or diminution; as in wise, noble.
Usage notes[edit]
English has three degrees of comparison: positive, comparative, and superlative. For short adjectives, English adds the suffix "-er" to an adjective to form the comparative degree, and adds "-est" to form the superlative degree. For adjectives longer than about two syllables, and for adverbs, English precedes the word with "more" for the comparative and "most" for the superlative.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| wise | wiser | wisest |
| beautiful | more beautiful | most beautiful |
| slow (adjective) | slower | slowest |
| slowly (adverb) | more slowly | most slowly |
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
that state of an adjective or adverb indicating simple quality, without comparison
- Albanian: shkalla pohoref
- Breton: derez-plaen(br)m
- Czech: pozitiv(cs)m
- Dutch: stellende trap(nl)
- Finnish: positiivi(fi), perusaste(fi)
- French: degré positifm, positif(fr)m
- German: Positiv(de)m
- Hungarian: alapfok(hu)
- Irish: bunchéimf
- Japanese: 原級(ja) (げんきゅう, genkyū)
- Manx: bun-cheimf
- Polish: stopień równym
- Russian: положи́тельная сте́пень(ru)f (položítelʹnaja stépenʹ)
- Slovak: pozitív, prvý stupeň
- Slovene: osnóvnikm
- Welsh: gradd gysefinf
See Also
Making Comparisons