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That divides something into parts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- partitive tendencies in education
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: separative
Antonyms: none provided
Indicating a part rather than the whole of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- The word some is used in partitive constructions.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A partitive word, phrase or case.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- partitive tendencies in education
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
(Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
serving to separate or divide into parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- partitive tendencies in education
- the uniting influence was stronger than the separative
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: separative
Antonyms: none provided
word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: word
Inherited from Middle English partitif, borrowed from Medieval Latin partītīvus, from Latin partītus + -īvus.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
разделителен
(razdelitelen)
— that divides something into parts
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Finnish:
jakava
— that divides something into parts
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Finnish:
erottava
— that divides something into parts
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Hungarian:
felosztó
— that divides something into parts
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Hungarian:
feldaraboló
— that divides something into parts
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Hungarian:
partitív
— that divides something into parts
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Polish:
rozdzielający
— that divides something into parts
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Arabic:
تَبْعِيضِيّ
(tabʕīḍiyy)
— grammar: indicating a part
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Bulgarian:
частичен
(častičen)
— grammar: indicating a part
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Dutch:
delend
— grammar: indicating a part
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Estonian:
osastav
— grammar: indicating a part
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Finnish:
partitiivi-
— grammar: indicating a part
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Finnish:
partitiivinen
— grammar: indicating a part
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French:
partitif
— grammar: indicating a part
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German:
partitiv
— grammar: indicating a part
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Hungarian:
partitivusi
— grammar: indicating a part
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Hungarian:
részelő
— grammar: indicating a part
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Hungarian:
részelő esetű
— grammar: indicating a part
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Northern Kurdish:
parçeyî
— grammar: indicating a part
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Northern Kurdish:
parçedar
— grammar: indicating a part
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Polish:
partytywny
— grammar: indicating a part
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Polish:
cząstkowy
— grammar: indicating a part
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Portuguese:
partitivo
— grammar: indicating a part
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Russian:
части́чный
(častíčnyj)
— grammar: indicating a part
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Russian:
раздели́тельный
(razdelítelʹnyj)
— grammar: indicating a part
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Spanish:
partitivo
— grammar: indicating a part
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Afrikaans:
partitief
— partitive case
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Arabic:
تَبْعِيض
(tabʕīḍ)
— partitive case
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Basque:
partitibo
— partitive case
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Bulgarian:
разделителен съюз
(razdelitelen sǎjuz)
— partitive case
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Chinese Mandarin:
表分詞 /表分词
— partitive case
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Dutch:
partitief
— partitive case
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Estonian:
osastav
— partitive case
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Estonian:
partatiiv
— partitive case
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Finnish:
partitiivi
— partitive case
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Finnish:
osanto
— partitive case
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French:
partitif
— partitive case
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Georgian:
დანაწილებითი ბრუნვა
(danac̣ilebiti brunva)
— partitive case
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Georgian:
ნაწილობრივი ბრუნვა
(nac̣ilobrivi brunva)
— partitive case
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Georgian:
პარტიტივი
(ṗarṭiṭivi)
— partitive case
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German:
Partitiv
— partitive case
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Greek:
μεριστικός
(meristikós)
— partitive case
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Hungarian:
partitivus
— partitive case
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Hungarian:
részelő eset
— partitive case
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Icelandic:
deildarfall
— partitive case
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Korean:
부분격
(bubun'gyeok)
— partitive case
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Latvian:
partitīvs
— partitive case
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Lithuanian:
partityvinis
— partitive case
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Polish:
partytyw
— partitive case
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Polish:
partitivus
— partitive case
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Polish:
cząstkownik
— partitive case
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Portuguese:
partitivo
— partitive case
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Russian:
раздели́тельный паде́ж
(razdelítelʹnyj padéž)
— partitive case
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Russian:
партити́в
(partitív)
— partitive case
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Spanish:
caso partitivo
— partitive case
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Swedish:
partitiv
— partitive case