comparatief
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French comparatif, from Latin comparātīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔm.paː.raːˈtif/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: com‧pa‧ra‧tief
- Rhymes: -if
Adjective
comparatief (not comparable)
- comparative (pertaining to comparison)
- (grammar) comparative (pertaining to the comparative degree)
- Synonym: vergrotend
Declension
| Declension of comparatief | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | comparatief | |||
| inflected | comparatieve | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | comparatief | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | comparatieve | ||
| n. sing. | comparatief | |||
| plural | comparatieve | |||
| definite | comparatieve | |||
| partitive | comparatiefs | |||
Descendants
- → Indonesian: komparatif
Noun
comparatief m (plural comparatieven)
- (grammar) compartive (word in the comparative degree)