partitive
Meanings
Plural: partitives
Noun
- word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
- A partitive word, phrase or case.
Adjective
- (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
- "a partitive construction"
- indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts
- "partitive tendencies in education"
Adjective Satellite
- serving to separate or divide into parts
- "partitive tendencies in education"
Adj
- That divides something into parts.
- Indicating a part rather than the whole of something.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English partitif, borrowed from Medieval Latin partītīvus, from Latin partītus + -īvus.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
partitive is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpartitive is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
partitive is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
partitive is a valid Words With Friends word