Definitions from Wiktionary (ablative absolute)
▸ noun: (grammar) A construction in Latin and other sister languages in which an independent phrase with a noun in the ablative case has a participle, adjective, or noun, expressed or implied, which agrees with it in gender, number and case – both words forming a clause grammatically unconnected with the rest of the sentence.
▸ Also see ablative_absolute
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▸ noun: (grammar) A construction in Latin and other sister languages in which an independent phrase with a noun in the ablative case has a participle, adjective, or noun, expressed or implied, which agrees with it in gender, number and case – both words forming a clause grammatically unconnected with the rest of the sentence.
▸ Also see ablative_absolute
▸ Words similar to ablative absolutes
▸ Usage examples for ablative absolutes
▸ Idioms related to ablative absolutes
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Words that often appear near ablative absolutes
▸ Rhymes of ablative absolutes
▸ Invented words related to ablative absolutes