pejoratief

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Etymology

From Dutch pejoratief, from French péjoratif

Adjective

pejoratief (attributive pejoratiewe, comparative pejoratiewer, superlative pejoratiefste)

  1. pejorative

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From French péjoratif.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -if
  • Hyphenation: pe‧jo‧ra‧tief

Noun

pejoratief m (plural pejoratieven, diminutive pejoratiefje n)

  1. pejorative

Adjective

pejoratief (comparative pejoratiever, superlative pejoratiefst)

  1. pejorative

Declension

Declension of pejoratief
uninflected pejoratief
inflected pejoratieve
comparative pejoratiever
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial pejoratief pejoratiever het pejoratiefst
het pejoratiefste
indefinite m./f. sing. pejoratieve pejoratievere pejoratiefste
n. sing. pejoratief pejoratiever pejoratiefste
plural pejoratieve pejoratievere pejoratiefste
definite pejoratieve pejoratievere pejoratiefste
partitive pejoratiefs pejoratievers

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: pejoratief
  • Indonesian: peyoratif
  • Malay: pejoratif