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Dutch
Etymology
Probably borrowed from French végétatif, from Middle French , from Latin vegetātīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌveː.ɣə.taːˈtif/
- Hyphenation: ve‧ge‧ta‧tief
- Rhymes: -if
Adjective
vegetatief (not comparable)
- vegetative, pertaining to vegetation
- Synonym: plantaardig
- (philosophy, chiefly Aristotelianism) vegetative, pertaining to the vegetative soul, of itself capable of some motion but not of locomotion
- vegetative, pertaining to plant growth and metabolism
- (biology) pertaining to asexual reproduction
- conducive to growth and vegetation
- (medicine) vegetative, pertaining to a state of impaired brain function
Declension