augmentative

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv/
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• General-American: /ɔɡˈmɛntətɪv/
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• General-American, cot-caught-merger: /ɑɡˈ-/
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• nonstandard, uncommon: /ˈɔɡmɛnˌteɪtɪv/
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• nonstandard, uncommon, cot-caught-merger: /ˈɑɡ-/
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From Middle English augmentatif, from Middle French augmentatif and its etymon Latin augmentātīvus, from augmentō. By surface analysis, augment + -ative.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: augmentatiu — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Finnish: kasvava — growing, enlarging, increasing
• French: augmentatif — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Greek: αυξητικός (afxitikós) — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Hindi: आवर्धी (āvardhī) — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Hindi: आवर्धक (āvardhak) — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Hindi: संवर्धी (samvardhī) — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Ido: augmentiva — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Italian: accrescitivo — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Polish: powiększający — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Portuguese: aumentativo — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Romanian: augmentativ — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Romanian: augmentativă — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Romanian: măritor — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Russian: увели́чивающийся (uvelíčivajuščijsja) — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Spanish: aumentativo — growing, enlarging, increasing
• Catalan: augmentatiu — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Chinese Mandarin: 指大詞綴 /指大词缀 (zhǐ dà cízhuì) — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Czech: augmentativum — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Dutch: vergrootwoord — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Dutch: augmentatief — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Finnish: augmentatiivi — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• French: augmentatif — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• German: Augmentativ — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• German: Augmentativum — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• German: Amplifikativum — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• German: Ampliativum — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• German: Vergrößerungswort — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Greek: αυξητικός (afxitikós) — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Ido: augmentivo — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Italian: accrescitivo — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Latin: augmentativum — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Latvian: augmentatīvs — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Polish: zgrubienie — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Polish: augmentativum — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Polish: augmentatiwum — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Polish: augmentatyw — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Portuguese: aumentativo — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Romanian: augmentativ — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Russian: аугментати́в (augmentatív) — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Russian: увеличи́тельный су́ффикс (uveličítelʹnyj súffiks) — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Serbo-Croatian: а̀угментатӣв — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Serbo-Croatian: увећаница — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Serbo-Croatian: àugmentatīv — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Serbo-Croatian: uvećanica — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
• Spanish: aumentativo — a form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority