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English
Etymology
Latin copulativus
Pronunciation
Adjective
copulative (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to copulation.
- (grammar) That acts as a copula.
- (grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.
Translations
of or pertaining to copulation
(grammar) that acts as a copula
(grammar) that connects the subject of a clause with its complement
Noun
copulative (plural copulatives)
- (obsolete) connection
1679, Paul Rycaut, The present state of the Greek and Armenian churches:They understand Polygamie to be a Conjunction of divers Copulatives in number, which is not understood till a person proceeds unto a fourth Wife, which makes more than one Copulative in the rule of Marriage.
- (grammar) A copulative conjunction.
1835, L Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, , Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, →OCLC, page 53:In Polysyndeton conjunctions flow,
And every word its copulative will shew.
See also
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
copulative
- feminine singular of copulatif
Italian
Adjective
copulative
- feminine plural of copulativo