épithète

Etymology
From, from , , from , the neuter of , from , from +  (from ).

Noun

 * 1) attributive adjective
 * 2) noun adjunct
 * 3) epithet designating or qualifying term, label
 * 1) noun adjunct
 * 2) epithet designating or qualifying term, label
 * 1) epithet designating or qualifying term, label
 * 1) epithet designating or qualifying term, label

Usage notes

 * A student of French who is familiar with English grammatical jargon should note that, despite their having the appearance of being perfect cognates of and, the terms  and  are actually used for entirely different concepts:
 * In English, an adjective that applies to or qualifies a noun directly, without need of a verb, is called an, but in French, this is called an (or , if context requires a greater level of specificity to differentiate from  or locutions formed around other parts of speech and functioning in  adjectival capacity).
 * Rather than referring to what is called an in English, the French term  is used for an adjectival element whose link to a nominal is supported by an attributive (copulative) verb. In English grammar, these are called.

Etymology
From, , from , the neuter of , from , from +  (from ).

Noun

 * 1) epithet