augmentative

English

Etymology

From Middle English augmentatif, from Middle French augmentatif, from Late Latin augmentāt-, stem of augmentāre.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

augmentative (not comparable)

that which augments; augmentary

Derived terms

Translations

growing, enlarging, increasing

Catalan: augmentatiu (ca)
Finnish: kasvava (fi)
French: augmentatif (fr) m
Greek: αυξητικός (el) m (afxitikós)
Hindi: आवर्धी (āvardhī), आवर्धक (āvardhak), संवर्धी (samvardhī)
Ido: augmentiva (io)
Italian: accrescitivo (it)
Polish: powiększający m
Portuguese: aumentativo (pt)
Romanian: augmentativ (ro) m or n, augmentativă f, măritor (ro) m or n
Russian: увели́чивающийся (ru) (uvelíčivajuščijsja)
Spanish: aumentativo (es)

Noun

augmentative (plural augmentatives)

(grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority

Antonyms

diminutive

Related terms

Translations

a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority

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

Roman: àugmentatīv (sh) m, uvećanica f
Spanish: aumentativo (es) m

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

augmentative

feminine singular of augmentatif