concessive

English

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

Adjective

concessive (comparative more concessive, superlative most concessive)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or being a concession; conceding.
  2. (grammar, of a conjunction) Joining clauses while conceding some notion.
    Hypernym: disjunctive

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

concessive (plural concessives)

  1. (grammar) A phrase or clause that acts as a concession, such as "even if" or "although".

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sɛ.siv/ ~ /kɔ̃.se.siv/, /kɔ̃.se.siv/

Adjective

concessive f sg

  1. feminine singular of concessif

Italian

Adjective

concessive

  1. feminine plural of concessivo
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