endocentric

English

Etymology

endo- +‎ -centric

Adjective

endocentric (not comparable)

Focused or centered within itself, and not on something external.
(grammar, of a phrase or compound word) fulfilling the same grammatical role as one of its constituents.
The noun "houseboat" is endocentric because "boat" is also a noun.

Coordinate term: exocentric

Derived terms

Translations

(grammar, of a phrase or compound word) fulfilling the same grammatical role as one of its constituents

Finnish: endosentrinen
French: endocentrique (fr)
German: Determinativkompositum (de) n
Hungarian: endocentrikus
Italian: endocentrico

Noun

endocentric (plural endocentrics)

(grammar) An endocentric compound.

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