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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French comparatif, from Latin comparātīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔm.paː.raːˈtif/
- Hyphenation: com‧pa‧ra‧tief
- Rhymes: -if
Adjective
comparatief (not comparable)
- comparative (pertaining to comparison)
- (grammar) comparative (pertaining to the comparative degree)
- Synonym: vergrotend
Declension
Descendants
Noun
comparatief m (plural comparatieven)
- (grammar) compartive (word in the comparative degree)