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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French comparatif, borrowed from Latin comparātīvus, from comparō (“to compare”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
comparatif (feminine comparative, masculine plural comparatifs, feminine plural comparatives)
- comparative
- C’est comparatif à un autre. ― It is comparative to another .
Derived terms
Noun
comparatif m (plural comparatifs)
- (grammar)
- Coordinate terms: positif, superlatif
- comparative (a grammatical structure used to compare or contrast)
- un comparatif de supériorité, le comparatif d’infériorité, et celui d’égalité ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- comparative (a word, particularly an adjective or adverb, in comparative form)
- Quatre mots français, dont trois adjectifs et un adverbe, ont un comparatif irrégulier. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French comparatif, from Latin comparātīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔmˌparaˈtiːf/, /kɔmˈparatif/
Adjective
comparatif
- (grammar, rare) Of the comparative degree.
Descendants
References
Noun
comparatif
- (rare) A peer, equal, or match.
Descendants
References
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin comparātīvus.
Noun
comparatif oblique singular, m (oblique plural comparatis, nominative singular comparatis, nominative plural comparatif)
- (grammar) comparative (word in comparative form)
Descendants