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English
Etymology
From Late Latin dēnōminātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”). It originally had the meaning “derived”,[1] but in its grammatical sense, it has developed the meaning “from a noun”, perhaps a reinterpretation of the Latin morphemes that it consists of: the preposition dē (“from”) and the stem of nōmen (“name, noun”).
Adjective
denominative (not comparable)
- Being a name.
1885, William Philo Clark, The Indian Sign Language, page 283:From the fact that this was the most noticeable feature in their costume, the name came naturally to be the denominative term of the tribe.
- Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.
1678, J. Hawkins, Cocker's Arithm., ii. 29:The least denominative part of time is a second.
- (grammar) Deriving from a noun, or from an adjective, such as the verb destruct from the noun destruction.
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Noun
denominative (plural denominatives)
- A word, often a verb, that is derived from a noun or adjective.
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word that is derived from a noun or adjective
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Italian
Adjective
denominative f pl
- feminine plural of denominativo
Latin
Adjective
dēnōminātīve
- vocative masculine singular of dēnōminātīvus