partitive

See also: Partitive

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English partitif, borrowed from Medieval Latin partītīvus, from Latin partītus +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.tə.tɪv/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Adjective

partitive (comparative more partitive, superlative most partitive)

That divides something into parts.
Synonym: separative

partitive tendencies in education
(grammar) Indicating a part rather than the whole of something.
The word some is used in partitive constructions.

Derived terms

Expressions

Translations

that divides something into parts

Bulgarian: разделителен (bg) (razdelitelen)
Finnish: jakava (fi), erottava (fi)
Hungarian: felosztó, feldaraboló, partitív

grammar: indicating a part

Arabic: تَبْعِيضِيّ (tabʕīḍiyy)
Bulgarian: частичен (bg) (častičen)
Dutch: delend (nl)
Estonian: osastav (et)
Finnish: partitiivi- (fi), partitiivinen
French: partitif (fr)
German: partitiv
Hungarian: partitivusi, részelő (hu), részelő esetű
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: parçeyî (ku), parçedar (ku)
Portuguese: partitivo (pt)
Russian: части́чный (ru) (častíčnyj), раздели́тельный (ru) (razdelítelʹnyj)
Spanish: partitivo (es)

Noun

partitive (plural partitives)

(grammar) A partitive word, phrase or case.

Translations

partitive case

Afrikaans: partitief (af)
Arabic: تَبْعِيض (tabʕīḍ)
Basque: partitibo
Bulgarian: разделителен съюз m (razdelitelen sǎjuz)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 表分詞 / 表分词
Dutch: partitief (nl) m
Estonian: osastav (et), partatiiv
Finnish: partitiivi (fi), osanto (fi)
French: partitif (fr) m
Georgian: დანაწილებითი ბრუნვა (danac̣ilebiti brunva), ნაწილობრივი ბრუნვა (nac̣ilobrivi brunva), პარტიტივი (ṗarṭiṭivi)
German: Partitiv (de) m
Greek: μεριστικός (el) m (meristikós)
Hungarian: partitivus (hu), részelő eset
Icelandic: deildarfall (is) n
Latvian: partitīvs m
Portuguese: partitivo (pt)
Russian: раздели́тельный паде́ж (ru) m (razdelítelʹnyj padéž), партити́в (ru) m (partitív)
Spanish: caso partitivo m
Swedish: partitiv (sv)

French

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Adjective

partitive

feminine singular of partitif

Italian

Adjective

partitive

feminine plural of partitivo

Norman

Adjective

partitive f

feminine singular of partitif