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elative case

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The case used to indicate movement out of something; for example, out of the house. Some languages that make use of the elative are Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian.

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28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: elatiu — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出格 (chūgé) — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Dutch: elatief — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Dutch: elatieve naamval — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Estonian: elatiiv — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Estonian: seestütlev — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Finnish: elatiivi — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Finnish: sisäeronto — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • French: élatif — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Georgian: გამოსვლითი ბრუნვა (gamosvliti brunva) — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • German: Elativ — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Hungarian: elativus — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Icelandic: úrferðarfall — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Ingrian: elativa — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Irish: an tuiseal éalaitheach — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Japanese: 出格 (shukkaku) — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Latin: casus elativus — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Polish: elativus — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Portuguese: elativo — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Portuguese: caso elativo — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Russian: элати́в (elatív) — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Russian: эляти́в (eljatív) — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Russian: исхо́дный паде́ж (isxódnyj padéž) — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: elativ — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: elativi — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Spanish: caso elativo — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Swedish: elativ — case used to indicate movement out of something
  • Vietnamese: xuất cách — case used to indicate movement out of something