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English
Etymology
From Middle English augmentatif, from Middle French augmentatif and its etymon Latin augmentātīvus, from augmentō.[1] By surface analysis, augment + -ative.
Pronunciation
Adjective
augmentative (not comparable)
- That which augments.
- Synonym: augmentary
Derived terms
Translations
growing, enlarging, increasing Noun
augmentative (plural augmentatives)
- (grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority (for example, Spanish -ote is an augmentative affix).
Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
- Bulgarian: увеличи́телно (bg) n (uveličítelno), увеличи́телна фо́рма f (uveličítelna fórma), уголеми́телно (bg) n (ugolemítelno)
- Catalan: augmentatiu (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 指大詞綴 / 指大词缀 (zhǐ dà cízhuì) (suffix)
- Czech: augmentativum (cs) n
- Dutch: vergrootwoord (nl) n, augmentatief (nl) n
- Finnish: augmentatiivi (fi)
- French: augmentatif (fr) m
- German: Augmentativ (de) n, Augmentativum (de) n, Amplifikativum, Ampliativum n, Vergrößerungswort n
- Greek: αυξητικός (el) (afxitikós)
- Ido: augmentivo (io)
- Italian: accrescitivo (it) m
- Latin: augmentativum
- Latvian: augmentatīvs (lv) m
- Polish: zgrubienie (pl) n, augmentativum (pl) n, augmentatiwum n, augmentatyw m
- Portuguese: aumentativo (pt) m
- Romanian: augmentativ (ro) n
- Russian: аугментати́в (ru) m (augmentatív), увеличи́тельный су́ффикс m (uveličítelʹnyj súffiks) (suffix)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: а̀угментатӣв m, увећаница f
- Latin: àugmentatīv (sh) m, uvećanica f
- Spanish: aumentativo (es) m
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References
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
augmentative
- feminine singular of augmentatif
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