Standard Lemma guide

articulative

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Serving to articulate or express something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to articulation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • articulatory features
  • articulatory phonetics

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: articulatory

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From articulate + -ive?

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: articulatif — serving to articulate or express something
  • Portuguese: articulador — serving to articulate or express something
  • Portuguese: articulativo — serving to articulate or express something
  • Spanish: articulador — serving to articulate or express something
  • Spanish: articulativo — serving to articulate or express something
  • Ukrainian: артикуляти́вний (artykuljatývnyj) — serving to articulate or express something