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delative

delative noun: a grammatical case of nouns used, chiefly in Hungarian, to express movement from the surface of something (like "moved off the table").

Noun

delative (uncountable)

  1. A grammatical case of nouns used, chiefly in Hungarian, to express movement from the surface of something (like "moved off the table").
    Synonyms:
    delative case

Synonyms of delative

Origin of delative

From the Latin deferre (“to bear or bring away or down”).

Phrases with delative

Questions about delative

What does delative mean?
Delative means a grammatical case of nouns used, chiefly in Hungarian, to express movement from the surface of something (like "moved off the table").
What part of speech is delative?
Delative is a noun.

Words near delative in the dictionary

  1. delatinisation
  2. delatinization
  3. delation
  4. delations
  5. Delatite
  6. delative
  7. delative case
  8. delative cases
  9. delator
  10. Delatorre
  11. Delatorres

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