copulative

English

Etymology

Latin copulativus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒpjʊlətɪv/
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Adjective

copulative (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to copulation.
  2. (grammar) That acts as a copula.
  3. (grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

copulative (plural copulatives)

  1. (obsolete) A connection.
    • 1679, Paul Rycaut, The present state of the Greek and Armenian churches:
      They understand Polygamie to be a Conjunction of divers Copulatives in number, which is not understood till a person proceeds unto a fourth Wife, which makes more than one Copulative in the rule of Marriage.
  2. (grammar) A copulative conjunction.
    • 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Copulative.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 53:
      In Polysyndeton conjunctions flow,
      And every word its copulative will shew.

See also

French

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Adjective

copulative

  1. feminine singular of copulatif

Italian

Adjective

copulative

  1. feminine plural of copulativo
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