expletiu

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin explētīvus (“filling out”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

expletiu (feminine expletiva, masculine plural expletius, feminine plural expletives)

  1. (grammar) expletive (performing a syntactic role but contributing nothing to meaning)

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