subordinate clause in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for subordinate clause in the English»French Dictionary

subordinate clause N LING

subordinate clause

proposition f subordonnée

Translations for subordinate clause in the French»English Dictionary

subordonnée

subordinate clause

proposition principale/subordonnée/relative

main/subordinate/relative clause

Translations for subordinate clause in the English»French Dictionary

clause [Brit klɔːz, Am klɔz] N

1. clause LING:

clause

proposition f

2. clause:

clause LAW, POL

clause f

clause (in will, act of Parliament)

disposition f

I.subordinate N [Brit səˈbɔːdɪnət, Am səˈbɔrd(ə)nət]

subordinate

subalterne mf

II.subordinate ADJ [Brit səˈbɔːdɪnət, Am səˈbɔrd(ə)nət]

subordinate officer, rank, position

subalterne

subordinate issue, matter, question

secondaire (to par rapport à)

to be subordinate to sb

être le subalterne de qn

III.subordinate VB trans [Brit səˈbɔːdɪneɪt, Am səˈbɔrdəneɪt] (gen)

subordinate LING

subordonner (to à)

subordinating conjunction LING

conjonction f de subordination

subordinate clause in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for subordinate clause in the French»English Dictionary

subordonnée

subordinate clause

relier une subordonnée à qc

to link a subordinate clause to sth

Translations for subordinate clause in the English»French Dictionary

clause [klɔ:z, Am klɑ:z] N

1. clause (part of sentence):

clause

proposition f

2. clause (statement in law):

clause

clause f

I.subordinate N

subordinate

subordonné(e) m (f)

II.subordinate VB trans

subordinate

subordonner

III.subordinate ADJ

1. subordinate (secondary):

subordinate

subordonné(e)

2. subordinate (lower in rank):

subordinate

subalterne

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Subordinating conjunctions make relations between clauses, making the clause in which they appear into a subordinate clause.

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The stand-alone subordinate clause suggests or implies a subject (a main clause), but this is not actually provided.

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It is used when the matrix clause and the subordinate clause have different subjects.

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In this construction, the subject of a subordinate clause is put in the accusative case and the verb appears in the infinitive form.

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Adverbial clauses is when the subordinate clause provides information about the time at which something happened, or the frequency with which it happens.

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Other suffixes such as "-qti" when and "-rayku" because can also be used to mark a subordinate clause.

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I wonder, too, if there's a subordinate clause missing: "and the work of the charity is wholly that: charitable".

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Frequently the future tense is used in these subordinate clause.

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A reflexive pronoun in a subordinate clause might refer to the subject of the main clause.

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When the question is expressed with a subordinate clause, however, it is an indirect question.

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