ablative absolute in French
ablative absolute in French is ablatif absolu.
ablative absolute in French
ablatif absolu
(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.
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"ablative absolute" in French is ablatif absolu.
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