translative

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/tɹænzˈleɪtɪv/
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/tɹænzˈleɪtɪv/ · /ˈtɹænzleɪtɪv/ · /ˈtɹænzlətɪv/

Definition of translative

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another.
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adj

  1. Of, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another.
  2. 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:”
  3. Of, or relating to the translative case.
  4. (obsolete)In the form of a trope; figurative.

noun

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

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Latin translativus (“that is to be transferred”). Compare French translatif.

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