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partitive articles

partitive articles is the plural of partitive article.

Meaning of partitive article

Noun

partitive article (plural partitive articles)

  1. A type of article, sometimes viewed as a type of indefinite article, used with a mass noun such as water, to indicate a non-specific quantity of it; class of determiner, with the closest English equivalent being some.

Questions about partitive articles

What is partitive articles the plural of?
Partitive articles is the plural of partitive article.

Words near partitive articles in the dictionary

  1. partitions of unity
  2. partitive
  3. partitive ablative
  4. partitive ablatives
  5. partitive article
  6. partitive articles
  7. partitive case
  8. partitive cases
  9. partitive dative
  10. partitive datives
  11. partitive genitive

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