admirative

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ædˈmaɪ.ɹə.tɪv/,[1][2] /ədˈmaɪ.ɹə.tɪv/[2][3][4]
  • or: IPA(key): /ˈæd.məˌɹeɪ.tɪv/,[2] /ˌæd.məˈɹeɪ.tɪv/[1][3]
  • or: IPA(key): /ˈæd.mɪ.ɹə.tɪv/[4][5]

Etymology 1

Via French admiratif or directly from its etymon, Medieval Latin admirativus.

Adjective

admirative (comparative more admirative, superlative most admirative)

  1. Characterized by admiration.
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Etymology 2

Noun

admirative (plural admiratives)

  1. (An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “admirative”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “admirative”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Admirative”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 “admirative”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  5. ^ William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “admirative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

admirative

  1. feminine singular of admiratif
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