augmentative

English

Etymology

From Middle English augmentatif, from Middle French augmentatif and its etymon Latin augmentātīvus, from augmentō. By surface analysis, augment +‎ -ative.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɔɡˈmɛntətɪv/, (cot–caught merger) /ɑɡˈ-/
  • (uncommon, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɡmɛnˌteɪtɪv/, (cot–caught merger) /ˈɑɡ-/

• Audio (US, nonstandard):

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Adjective

augmentative (not comparable)

1. That which augments.

   Synonym: augmentary

Derived terms

• augmentatively
• bioaugmentative
• nonaugmentative

Translations

growing, enlarging, increasing

• Catalan: augmentatiu (ca)
• Finnish: kasvava (fi)
• French: augmentatif (fr) m
• Greek: αυξητικός (el) m (afxitikós)
• Hindi: आवर्धी (āvardhī), आवर्धक (āvardhak), संवर्धी (samvardhī)
• Ido: augmentiva (io)
• Italian: accrescitivo (it)
• Polish: powiększający
• Portuguese: aumentativo (pt)
• Romanian: augmentativ (ro) m or n, augmentativă f, măritor (ro) m or n
• Russian: увели́чивающийся (ru) (uvelíčivajuščijsja)
• Spanish: aumentativo (es)

Noun

augmentative (plural augmentatives)

1. (grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority (for example, Spanish -ote is an augmentative affix).

Antonyms

• diminutive

Related terms

• augment
• augmentation

Translations

a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority

• Bulgarian: увеличи́телно (bg) n (uveličítelno), увеличи́телна фо́рма f (uveličítelna fórma), уголеми́телно (bg) n (ugolemítelno)
• Catalan: augmentatiu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指大詞綴 / 指大词缀 (zhǐ dà cízhuì) (suffix)

• Czech: augmentativum (cs) n
• Dutch: vergrootwoord (nl) n, augmentatief (nl) n
• Finnish: augmentatiivi (fi)
• French: augmentatif (fr) m
• German: Augmentativ (de) n, Augmentativum (de) n, Amplifikativum, Ampliativum n, Vergrößerungswort n
• Greek: αυξητικός (el) (afxitikós)
• Ido: augmentivo (io)
• Italian: accrescitivo (it) m
• Latin: augmentativum
• Latvian: augmentatīvs (lv) m
• Polish: zgrubienie (pl) n, augmentativum (pl) n, augmentatiwum n, augmentatyw m
• Portuguese: aumentativo (pt) m
• Romanian: augmentativ (ro) n
• Russian: аугментати́в (ru) m (augmentatív), увеличи́тельный су́ффикс m (uveličítelʹnyj súffiks) (suffix)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̀угментатӣв m, увећаница f

  Latin: àugmentatīv (sh) m, uvećanica f

• Spanish: aumentativo (es) m

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɡ.mɑ̃.ta.tiv/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

augmentative

1. feminine singular of augmentatif