Standard Lemma guide

translative

adj · noun · 6 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /tɹænzˈleɪtɪv/
  • /ˈtɹænzleɪtɪv/
  • /ˈtɹænzlətɪv/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪtɪv

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Of, or relating to the translation of language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Of, or relating to the translative case.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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4

adj

Meaning 4

In the form of a trope; figurative.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, edited by Edward Arber, London: Alexander Murray & Son, 1869, Book 3, Chapter 18, p. 197, But properly and in his principall vertue Allegoria is when we do speake in sence translatiue and wrested from the owne signification, neuerthelesse applied to another not altogether contrary, but hauing much conueniencie with it as before we said of the metaphore: as for example if we should call the common wealth, a shippe; the Prince a Pilot, the Counsellours mariners, the stormes warres, the calme and [hauen] peace, this is spoken in allegorie [...]

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5

noun

Meaning 5

The translative case.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A word in the translative case.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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History

Etymology

From Latin translativus (“that is to be transferred”). Compare French translatif.