terminative

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English terminate

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English terminative

From terminate + -ive.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɜːmɪnətɪv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɝmɪnətɪv/

Adjective

terminative (comparative more terminative, superlative most terminative)

1. Of, or relating to the termination of something.
2. (linguistics) Of, or relating to the terminative case.

Derived terms

• nonterminative
• terminatively

Noun

terminative (plural terminatives)

1. The terminative case.
2. A word in the terminative case.

Translations

terminative case

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 到格 (zh), 終格 / 终格

• Estonian: rajav (et), terminatiiv (et)
• Hungarian: terminativus (hu), határeset (hu)
• Vietnamese: hạn cách

Italian

Adjective

terminative f

1. feminine plural of terminativo