translative
/tɹænzˈleɪtɪv/
translative adjective: of, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another.
Adjective
translative (comparative more translative, superlative most translative)
- Of, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another.
- Of, or relating to the translation of language.
- Which suiting the case so well, you’ll forgive me, Sir, for popping down in English metre, as the translative impulse (pardon a new word, and yet we scholars are not fond of authenticating new words) came upon me uncalled for:1751, Samuel Richardson, Letters and Passages Restored from the Original Manuscripts of the History of Clarissa, volume 8, London, page 153
- Synonyms:
- translational
- Of, or relating to the translative case.
- In the form of a trope; figurative.
- But properly and in his principall vertue Allegoria is when we do speake in sence translatiue and wrested from the owne signification, neuerthelesse applied to another not altogether contrary, but hauing much conueniencie with it as before we said of the metaphore: as for example if we should call...1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, edited by Edward Arber, London: Alexander Murray & Son, 1869, Book 3, Chapter 18, p. 197
Noun
translative (plural translatives)
- The translative case.
- A word in the translative case.
Synonyms of translative
Forms of translative
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more translative |
| superlative | most translative |
| Noun | |
| plural | translatives |
Origin of translative
From Latin translativus (“that is to be transferred”). Compare French translatif.
Words formed from translative
Phrases with translative
Words that rhyme with translative
- native
- dative
- creative
- equative
- illative
- collative
- induplicative
- innative
- optative
- prolative
- stative
- sublative
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Questions about translative
- What does translative mean?
- Translative means of, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another.
- What part of speech is translative?
- Translative can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce translative?
- Translative is pronounced /tɹænzˈleɪtɪv/.
Words near translative in the dictionary
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