possessive

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• Australian: /pəˈzes.ɪv/
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• New-Zealand: /pəˈzes.əv/
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From Middle French possessif, from Latin possessivus (“of or pertaining to possession”), from possessiō (“possessing”), from possidēre (“to possess”). By surface analysis, possess + -ive.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَمَلُكِي (tamaluki) — pertaining to possession
• Bulgarian: собственически (sobstveničeski) — pertaining to possession
• Catalan: possessiu — pertaining to possession
• Dutch: bezittelijk — pertaining to possession
• Finnish: omistus- — pertaining to possession
• French: possessif — pertaining to possession
• Greek: κτητικός (ktitikós) — pertaining to possession
• Scottish Gaelic: seilbheach — pertaining to possession
• Spanish: posesivo — pertaining to possession
• Arabic: صِيغَةُ اْلتَمَلُكِ (ṣeyḡatu altamaluki) — grammar: indicating possession
• Belarusian: прынале́жны (prynaljéžny) — grammar: indicating possession
• Bulgarian: притежателен (pritežatelen) — grammar: indicating possession
• Catalan: possessiu — grammar: indicating possession
• Czech: přivlastňovací — grammar: indicating possession
• Dutch: bezittelijk — grammar: indicating possession
• Esperanto: posesiva — grammar: indicating possession
• Finnish: omistus- — grammar: indicating possession
• Finnish: possessiivinen — grammar: indicating possession
• French: possessif — grammar: indicating possession
• German: besitzanzeigend — grammar: indicating possession
• German: possessiv — grammar: indicating possession
• Greek: κτητικός (ktitikós) — grammar: indicating possession
• Ancient Greek: κτητικός (ktētikós) — grammar: indicating possession
• Hungarian: birtokos — grammar: indicating possession
• Irish: sealbhach — grammar: indicating possession
• Norman: possessif — grammar: indicating possession
• Old English: ġeāgniġendlīċ — grammar: indicating possession
• Polish: dzierżawczy — grammar: indicating possession
• Portuguese: possessivo — grammar: indicating possession
• Russian: притяжа́тельный (pritjažátelʹnyj) — grammar: indicating possession
• Russian: поссесси́вный (possessívnyj) — grammar: indicating possession
• Scottish Gaelic: seilbheach — grammar: indicating possession
• Spanish: posesivo — grammar: indicating possession
• Swedish: possessiv — grammar: indicating possession
• Turkish: sahiplik — grammar: indicating possession
• Turkish: aitlik — grammar: indicating possession
• Turkish: iyelik — grammar: indicating possession
• Ukrainian: присві́йний (prysvíjnyj) — grammar: indicating possession
• Welsh: meddiannol — grammar: indicating possession
• Catalan: possessiu — unwilling to yield possession of
• Dutch: bezitterig — unwilling to yield possession of
• Esperanto: ĵaluza — unwilling to yield possession of
• Finnish: omistushaluinen — unwilling to yield possession of
• Finnish: omiva — unwilling to yield possession of
• Indonesian: posesif — unwilling to yield possession of
• Irish: gabhálach — unwilling to yield possession of
• Polish: zaborczy — unwilling to yield possession of
• Portuguese: possessivo — unwilling to yield possession of
• Spanish: posesivo — unwilling to yield possession of
• Spanish: celoso — unwilling to yield possession of
• Welsh: meddiannol — unwilling to yield possession of
• Welsh: meddiangar — unwilling to yield possession of
• Māori: kupu whiwhinga — a word that indicates possession or the possessive case
• Māori: pūriro — a word that indicates possession or the possessive case
• Māori: rirohanga — a word that indicates possession or the possessive case