syntagme prépositionnelcommon nounEtymologyexpandsee syntagm and prepositional.Definition1. A phrase whose nucleus is a preposition. As an adverbial complement, it functions as an adverb modifying a verb. It also functions as an adjective modifying a noun. For example, the adverbial complement in the garden is a prepositional phrase whose nucleus is in. The prepositional phrase is an exocentric construction.grammaireexpandHyperonymssyntagmesyntagme adpositionnelTranslationsenglish:prepositional phrasekorean:전치사구japanese:前置詞句