PARTITIVE


Meaning of PARTITIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpɑ:tɪtɪv ]

adj. & n. Gram. --adj. (of a word, form, etc.) denoting part of a collective group or quantity. --n. a partitive word (e.g. some, any) or form. øpartitive genitive a genitive used to indicate a whole divided into or regarded in parts, expressed in English by of as in most of us. øøpartitively adv. [F partitif -ive or med.L partitivus (as PARTITE)]

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