patientive

English

Etymology

From patient +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeɪʃəntɪv/

Adjective

patientive (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Pertaining to a grammatical patient that receives the action of the verb.

Noun

patientive (plural patientives)

  1. (linguistics) A word having this construction.

See also