agglutinate

English

Etymology

From Latin agglutinatus, past participle of agglutinare, adglutinare (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glutinare (“to glue”), from gluten (“paste, glue”).

Pronunciation

• (adjective, noun) IPA^(key): /əˈɡluːtɪnət/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /əˈɡluːtɪneɪt/

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Adjective

agglutinate

1. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
2. (linguistics) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning

   an agglutinate language

   an agglutinate family of languages

Translations

Verb

agglutinate (third-person singular simple present agglutinates, present participle agglutinating, simple past and past participle agglutinated)

1. (transitive) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
2. (linguistics) To form through agglutination.

Derived terms

Related terms

• agglutination
• agglutinative
• agglutinant

Translations

Noun

agglutinate (countable and uncountable, plural agglutinates)

1. (countable) A clump of agglutinated material.

   In some soils, agglutinates are a major constituent.

2. (uncountable) Agglutinated material.

   The formation of agglutinate is more abundant in mature regolith.

References

• “agglutinate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “agglutinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “agglutinate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

agglutinate

1. inflection of agglutinare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

agglutinate f pl

1. feminine plural of agglutinato

Latin

Verb

agglūtināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of agglūtinō