/trans lay"tiv, tranz-, trans"lay-, tranz"-/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to the transfer of something from one person, position, or place to another.
2. of translation; serving to translate.
3. Gram. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate a change from one state into another.
n.
4. the translative case.
[ 1580-90; translativus, equiv. to translat ( us ) (see TRANSLATE) + -ivus -IVE ]