agglutinative

English

Etymology

From agglutinate +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

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• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈɡluːtɪnətɪv/, [əˈɡɫut̚nəɾɪv]

Adjective

agglutinative (comparative more agglutinative, superlative most agglutinative)

1. Sticky, tacky, adhesive.

   Synonyms: claggy, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:adhesive

2. (grammar) Having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning.

Derived terms

• agglutinatively
• agglutinativeness
• agglutinativity
• nonagglutinative

Related terms

• agglutinant
• agglutinate
• agglutination

Translations

sticky

Dutch: agglutinerend (nl) Finnish: tahmea (fi), tahmainen French: agglutinant (fr) Georgian: წებვადი (c̣ebvadi) Kapampangan: pídikitdikit, mapekatpekat Macedonian: ле́плив m (lépliv) Portuguese: grudento (pt), adesivo (pt) Russian: ли́пкий (ru) (lípkij), кле́йкий (ru) (kléjkij)

having words derived by combining parts

Armenian: կցական (hy) (kcʻakan) Azerbaijani: iltisaqi, aqqlütinativ Dutch: agglutinerend (nl) Finnish: agglutinatiivinen French: agglutinant (fr) Galician: aglutinante (gl) m or f Georgian: აგლუტინაციური (agluṭinaciuri) German: agglutinierend (de) Hungarian: agglutináló (hu) Japanese: 膠着(語) (こうちゃく(ご), kōchaku(go)) Kapampangan: pítayidtáyid, pámiugnéugné Kazakh: жалғамалы (jalğamaly) Korean: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: аглутинати́вен m (aglutinatíven) Mongolian: залгамал (mn) (zalgamal) Polish: aglutynacyjny (pl) m Portuguese: aglutinativo Russian: агглютинати́вный (ru) (aggljutinatívnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: а̏глутинатӣван Roman: ȁglutinatīvan (sh) Spanish: aglutinante (es) Swedish: agglutinerande (sv) Tagalog: mapaglapi-lapi Tamil: please add this translation if you can Turkish: bitişken (tr), eklemeli (tr) Udmurt: итылӥськись (ityliśkiś) Vietnamese: chắp dính

Noun

agglutinative (plural agglutinatives)

1. A sticky material; an adhesive.
2. (grammar) A word formed from the combination of parts, each with a separate meaning.

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡly.ti.na.tiv/
• Homophone: agglutinatives

Adjective

agglutinative

1. feminine singular of agglutinatif