partitive

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English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English partitif, borrowed from Medieval Latin partītīvus, from Latin partītus +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.tə.tɪv/

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Adjective

partitive (comparative more partitive, superlative most partitive)

1. That divides something into parts.

   Synonym: separative

   partitive tendencies in education

2. (grammar) Indicating a part rather than the whole of something.

   The word some is used in partitive constructions.

Derived terms

• nonpartitive
• partitively
• partitivity

Expressions

• partitive ablative
• partitive article
• partitive case
• partitive dative
• partitive genitive

Translations

that divides something into parts

Bulgarian: разделителен (bg) (razdelitelen) Finnish: jakava (fi), erottava (fi) Hungarian: felosztó, feldaraboló, partitív

grammar: indicating a part

Arabic: تَبْعِيضِيّ (tabʕīḍiyy) Bulgarian: частичен (bg) (častičen) Dutch: delend (nl) Estonian: osastav (et) Finnish: partitiivi- (fi), partitiivinen French: partitif (fr) German: partitiv Hungarian: partitivusi, részelő (hu), részelő esetű Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: parçeyî (ku), parçedar (ku) Portuguese: partitivo (pt) Russian: части́чный (ru) (častíčnyj), раздели́тельный (ru) (razdelítelʹnyj) Spanish: partitivo (es)

Noun

partitive (plural partitives)

1. (grammar) A partitive word, phrase or case.

Translations

partitive case

Afrikaans: partitief (af) Arabic: تَبْعِيض (tabʕīḍ) Basque: partitibo Bulgarian: разделителен съюз m (razdelitelen sǎjuz) Chinese: Mandarin: 表分詞 / 表分词 Dutch: partitief (nl) m Estonian: osastav (et), partatiiv Finnish: partitiivi (fi), osanto (fi) French: partitif (fr) m Georgian: დანაწილებითი ბრუნვა (danac̣ilebiti brunva), ნაწილობრივი ბრუნვა (nac̣ilobrivi brunva), პარტიტივი (ṗarṭiṭivi) German: Partitiv (de) m Greek: μεριστικός (el) m (meristikós) Hungarian: partitivus (hu), részelő eset Icelandic: deildarfall (is) n Latvian: partitīvs m Lithuanian: partityvinis Portuguese: partitivo (pt) Russian: раздели́тельный паде́ж (ru) m (razdelítelʹnyj padéž), партити́в (ru) m (partitív) Spanish: caso partitivo m Swedish: partitiv (sv)

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

partitive

1. feminine singular of partitif

Italian

Adjective

partitive

1. feminine plural of partitivo

Norman

Adjective

partitive f

1. feminine singular of partitif