partitive

See also: Partitive

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English partitif, borrowed from Medieval Latin partītīvus, from Latin partītus +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.tə.tɪv/

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Adjective

partitive (comparative more partitive, superlative most partitive)

1. That divides something into parts.

   Synonym: separative

   partitive tendencies in education

2. (grammar) Indicating a part rather than the whole of something.

   The word some is used in partitive constructions.

Derived terms

• nonpartitive
• partitively
• partitivity

 

Expressions

• partitive ablative
• partitive article
• partitive case
• partitive dative
• partitive genitive

 

Translations

that divides something into parts

• Bulgarian: разделителен (bg) (razdelitelen)
• Finnish: jakava (fi), erottava (fi)
• Hungarian: felosztó, feldaraboló, partitív

grammar: indicating a part

• Arabic: تَبْعِيضِيّ (tabʕīḍiyy)
• Bulgarian: частичен (bg) (častičen)
• Dutch: delend (nl)
• Estonian: osastav (et)
• Finnish: partitiivi- (fi), partitiivinen
• French: partitif (fr)
• German: partitiv
• Hungarian: partitivusi, részelő (hu), részelő esetű
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: parçeyî (ku), parçedar (ku)

• Portuguese: partitivo (pt)
• Russian: части́чный (ru) (častíčnyj), раздели́тельный (ru) (razdelítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: partitivo (es)

Noun

partitive (plural partitives)

1. (grammar) A partitive word, phrase or case.

Translations

partitive case

• Afrikaans: partitief (af)
• Arabic: تَبْعِيض (tabʕīḍ)
• Basque: partitibo
• Bulgarian: разделителен съюз m (razdelitelen sǎjuz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 表分詞／表分词

• Dutch: partitief (nl) m
• Estonian: osastav (et), partatiiv
• Finnish: partitiivi (fi), osanto (fi)
• French: partitif (fr) m
• German: Partitiv (de) m
• Greek: μεριστικός (el) m (meristikós)
• Hungarian: partitivus (hu), részelő eset
• Icelandic: deildarfall (is) n
• Latvian: partitīvs m
• Portuguese: partitivo (pt)
• Russian: раздели́тельный паде́ж (ru) m (razdelítelʹnyj padéž), партити́в (ru) m (partitív)
• Spanish: caso partitivo m
• Swedish: partitiv (sv)

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

partitive

1. feminine singular of partitif

Italian

Adjective

partitive

1. feminine plural of partitivo

Norman

Adjective

partitive f

1. feminine singular of partitif