agglutinative
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English
Etymology
From agglutinate + -ive.
Pronunciation
Adjective
agglutinative (comparative more agglutinative, superlative most agglutinative)
- Sticky, tacky, adhesive.
- Synonyms: claggy, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:adhesive
- (grammar) Having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
sticky
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having words derived by combining parts
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Noun
agglutinative (plural agglutinatives)
- A sticky material; an adhesive.
- (grammar) A word formed from the combination of parts, each with a separate meaning.
Further reading
agglutinative language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “agglutinative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “agglutinative”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “agglutinative”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ɡly.ti.na.tiv/
- Homophone: agglutinatives
Adjective
agglutinative