agglutinate

English

Etymology

From Latin agglūtinātus, past participle of agglūtinare, adglūtināre (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glūtināre (“to glue”), from glūten (“paste, glue”).

Pronunciation

• (adjective, noun) IPA^(key): /əˈɡluːtɪnət/

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• IPA^(key): (verb) /əˈɡluːtɪneɪt/

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Adjective

agglutinate

1. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
2. (linguistics) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning.

   an agglutinate language

   an agglutinate family of languages

Translations

united with or as with glue

Finnish: liimattu (fi) Portuguese: aglutinado (pt)

linguistics: consisting of root words combined with affixes

Finnish: agglutinoiva Portuguese: aglutinado (pt)

Verb

agglutinate (third-person singular simple present agglutinates, present participle agglutinating, simple past and past participle agglutinated)

1. (transitive) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
2. (linguistics) To form through agglutination.

Derived terms

• agglutinin
• antiagglutinating
• autoagglutinate
• autoagglutinating
• haemagglutinating
• macroagglutinate
• nonagglutinated
• nonagglutinating
• subagglutinating
• unagglutinated

Related terms

• agglutination
• agglutinative
• agglutinant

Translations

to unite with or as with glue

Finnish: liimata (fi) Italian: agglutinare (it) Polish: aglutynować (pl) impf Portuguese: aglutinar (pt)

linguistics: to form through agglutination

Finnish: agglutinoida Hungarian: agglutinál (hu), toldalékol (hu) Italian: agglutinare (it) Polish: aglutynować (pl) impf Portuguese: aglutinar (pt)

Noun

agglutinate (countable and uncountable, plural agglutinates)

1. (countable) A clump of agglutinated material.

   In some soils, agglutinates are a major constituent.

2. (uncountable) Agglutinated material.

   The formation of agglutinate is more abundant in mature regolith.

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “agglutinate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “agglutinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “agglutinate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

agglutinate

1. inflection of agglutinare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

agglutinate f pl

1. feminine plural of agglutinato

Latin

Verb

agglūtināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of agglūtinō