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translative

Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈleɪtɪv/

The English word “translative” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another.
  2. Of, or relating to the translation of language.
  3. Of, or relating to the translative case.
  4. In the form of a trope; figurative.

noun

  1. The translative case.
  2. A word in the translative case.

Etymology

From Latin translativus (“that is to be transferred”). Compare French translatif.

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