OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 9795

determiner

/dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
determinante
A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
Definite articles, indefinite articles, and cardinal numbers acting as quantifiers are types of determiners.
Near-synonym: determinative (broadly synonymous)
Word forms