partitive (redirected from partitives)

par·ti·tive  (pärt-tv)

adj.

1. Dividing or serving to divide something into parts; marked by division.

2. Grammar Indicating a part as distinct from a whole, as some of the coffee in the sentence She drank some of the coffee.

n. Grammar

1. A partitive word, such as many or less.

2. A partitive construction or case.

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[Middle English, from Old French partitif, from Medieval Latin parttvus, from Latin parttus, past participle of partre, to divide; see partite.]

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parti·tive·ly adv.

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partitive [ˈpɑːtɪtɪv]

adj

1. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar indicating that a noun involved in a construction refers only to a part or fraction of what it otherwise refers to. The phrase some of the butter is a partitive construction; in some inflected languages it would be translated by the genitive case of the noun

2. serving to separate or divide into parts

n

(Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar a partitive linguistic element or feature

[from Medieval Latin partītīvus serving to divide, from Latin partīre to divide]

partitively  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	partitive - word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
Adj.	1.	partitive - (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole; "a partitive construction"
	2.	partitive - indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts; "partitive tendencies in education"
	3.	partitive - serving to separate or divide into parts; "partitive tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative" separative disjunctive - serving or tending to divide or separate

Translations

partitive [ˈpɑːtɪtɪv] ADJ → partitivo

partitive

adj (Gram) → partitiv

partitive [ˈpɑːtɪtɪv]

1. adj → partitivo/a

2. n → partitivo