main clause

English

Noun

main clause (plural main clauses)

(grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.

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grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically

Breton: pennlavarenn (br) f, lavarenn dizalc'h f
Catalan: oració principal f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 主要分句 (zhǔyào fēnjù), 主句 (zh) (zhǔjù)
Danish: hovedsætning c
Dutch: hoofdzin (nl) m
Finnish: päälause (fi)
French: proposition principale (fr) f
Georgian: მთავარი წინადადება (mtavari c̣inadadeba)
German: Hauptsatz (de) m
Hungarian: főmondat (hu)
Icelandic: aðalsetning (is) f
Irish: príomhchlásal m
Italian: proposizione principale f
Japanese: 主文 (ja) (しゅぶん, jūbun), 主節 (しゅせつ, shusetsu)
Korean: 주절(主節) (ko) (jujeol)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hevoka sereke f
Polish: zdanie główne n, zdanie nadrzędne (pl) n
Portuguese: oração coordenada f, oração principal f
Russian: гла́вное предложе́ние n (glávnoje predložénije)
Spanish: proposición principal f
Swedish: huvudsats (sv) c
Thai: มุขยประโยค (th) (múk-kà-yá-bprà-yòok), ประโยคหลัก (th) (bprà-yòok-làk)
Welsh: prif gymal m

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