endocentric

• Terme linguistique décrivant un mot composé dont le sens est une hyponymie de son élément principal (par exemple, « chambre à coucher » est une sorte de pièce).

A linguistic term describing a compound word where the compound is a hyponym of its head element (e.g., 'bedroom' is a type of room).

1. Grammatical property of compoundsC2formal

   Describing a compound word or phrase whose grammatical category matches that of its head (main constituent), meaning it fulfills the role of one of its components.

   Endocentrique (composé)

   • The compound 'blackbird' is endocentric because it is a noun like its head 'bird'.
   • In an endocentric construction, the head determines the syntactic function of the whole.
   • Linguists classify many English compounds as endocentric, such as 'flowerpot' acting as a noun like 'pot'.
   • An exocentric compound, by contrast, does not share the category of any constituent.

   Synonymesheaded

   Antonymesexocentric