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Definitions: Agglutinative |
AgglutinativeAdjective1. Forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning. 2. United as if by glue. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "agglutinative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Etymology: Agglutinative \Ag*glu"ti*na*tive\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression agglutinatif.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AgglutinativeSynonyms: agglutinate (adj), combining(a) (adj), polysynthetic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Agglutinative |
| English words defined with "agglutinative": Inflective language ♦ Tamil. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "agglutinative": inflecting language. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "agglutinative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | aglutinativ (agglutinate), ngjitës (adhesive, ascendant, catching, cement, communicable, contagious, dauby, epidemic, epidemical, glue, gluey, glutinous, gooey, gummy, hum paste, infectious, mucilage, pitchy, soaring, stick, sticking, sticky, tacky, tenacious, transmissible, upward, viscous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مغرى (irresistible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сраснал (accrete, agglutinate, connate), слепен (agglutinate), залепен (agglutinate, glued), аглунитиращ (agglutinate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 凝集 (Agglutinate, Agglutinated, Agglutinating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tmelivý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | agglutinant (agglutinating, binding agent, bonding agents). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | agglutinierend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συγκολλητικόσ (adhesive, agglutinant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | összetapadó (cohesive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 着語 (agglutinative language). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うちゃく" (agglutinative language). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 교착성. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | agglutinativeay aglutinativo, aglutinante (adhesive medium, agglutinant, binder, binding agent, bond, bonding agents, bonding substance, vehicle). (various references) aglutinant (agglutinant), lipicios (adhesive, gluey, glutinous, gummy, limy, mucous, slimy, sticky, tacky, unctuous, viscous). (various references) склеивающий. (various references) aglutinativni, aglutinativan, lepljiv (adherent, adhesive, clammy, cloggy, gluey, glutinous, gummy, sticking, sticky, tacky, treacly). (various references) aglutinativo, aglutinante (adhesion, adhesive, adhesive medium, agglutinant, binder, binding agent, bond, bonding agent, bonding agents, bonding substance, cement, emplastic, glue, matrix, paint vehicle, vehicle). (various references) bitişken (agglutinate), bitişimli (agglutinate). (various references) клейкий (adherent, adhesive, clammy, gluey, glutinous, gooey, gummy, mucilaginous, tacky, tenacious, viscid, viscous), аглютинативний, липкий (adhesive, clammy, sticky, tacky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Agglutinative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agglutinatives. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "agglutinative" (pronounced 'Ag*glu"ti*na*tive'): Abdicative, Abditive, Abirritative, Abjunctive, Abnegative, Abrogative, Absorptive, Abstractive, Accelerative, Accompletive, Accretive, Accumulative, Acervative, Acquisitive, Active, Adaptative, Additive, Adductive, Adjudicative, Administrative, Admirative, Admonitive, Adscriptive, Adumbrative, Affective, Affinitative, Affinitive, Afflictive, Afformative, Agglomerative, Aggravative, Aggregative, Agitative, Alleviative, Alliterative, Altercative, Amalgamative, Amative, Ambulative, Ameliorative, Ampliative, Amplificative, Animative, Annihilative, Annotative, Annunciative, Anticipative, Aperitive, Appetitive, Applicative, Appositive, Appreciative, Approbative, Appropriative, Approximative, Arbustive, Architective, Argumentative, Arrogative, Articulative, Asseverative, Assimilative, Associative, Assumptive, Astrictive, Astructive, Attentive, Attestative, Auditive, Authoritative, Benedictive, Calculative, Calefactive, Chylifactive, Circulative, Circumscriptive, Circumspective, Coactive, Coadjutive, Coagulative, Coercitive, Cogitative, Cognitive, Cognoscitive, Collative, Colliquative, Commemorative, Commiserative, Commonitive, Communicative, Commutative, Compellative, Competitive, Completive, Complimentative, Compositive, Compulsative, Compunctive, Conative, Concentrative, Conceptive, Concertative, Conciliative, Concretive, Condensative, Confederative, Confirmative, Confutative, Conglutinative, Conjunctive, Connotative, Consecutive, Conservative, Considerative, Consignificative, Consolidative, Constitutive, Consultative, Consummative, Contamitive, Continuative, Contortive, Contributive, Convective, Conversative, Cooperative, Coordinative, Cosignificative, Costive, Creative, Criminative, Cucurbitive, Cumulative, Cunctative, Curative, Curvative, Deceptive, Declarative, Decorative, Decretive, Decussative, Defensative, Defunctive, Degenerative, Dehortative, Deletive, Denotative, Denunciative, Deoppilative, Depletive, Deprecative, Depreciative, Depurative, Derogative, Descriptive, Desiccative, Designative, Diffinitive, Diffractive, Disassimilative, Discerptive, Discretive, Discriminative, Dispensative, Dispositive, Disputative, Disquisitive, Disseminative, Dissipative, Dissociative, Dissolvative, Distinctive, Distractive, Dominative, Dormitive, Dubitative, Duplicative, Durative, Educative, Eductive, Edulcorative, Elaborative, Elative, Electro-motive, Eliminative, Elocutive, Elucidative, Emanative, Emotive, Emulative, Enervative, Ententive, Entitative, Enumerative, Enunciative, Erative, Estimative, Evacuative, Evocative, Exaggerative, Excalfactive, Excerptive, Excitative, Exclamative, Excrementive, Excretive, Exfoliative, Exhortative, Exonerative, Exortive, Expectorative, Expeditive, Experimentative, Explanative, Explicative, Explorative, Expositive, Exquisitive, Exsiccative, Extirpative, Extroitive, Exulcerative, Factitive, Factive, Facultative, Federative, Fermentative, festive, fictive, Finative, fixative, Flative, Forgetive, Fotive, Frequentative, fricative, Frigefactive, Fruitive, frustrative, furtive, generative, Germinative, Glutinative, gravitative, Gubernative, Hastive, Hesitative, Humective, Illuminative, illustrative, imaginative, Imbricative, Impeditive, Imperceptive, Impetrative, implicative, Imputative, inactive, inattentive, Inauthoritative, Incarnative, Incerative, Incitative, Incogitative, incommunicative, incorporative, Incubative, Indagative, Indescriptive, Indictive, Indiscriminative, Indistinctive, Induplicative, Indutive, Infiltrative, Infirmative, Inflammative, informative, Inirritative, Innative, innovative, Innutritive, inoperative, Inscriptive, insensitive, Insignificative, Insinuative, instinctive, Institutive, Insusceptive, Intellective, Intempestive, Intensative, Intensitive, Intentive, Interadditive, Interpenetrative, interpretative, interpretive, Interstinctive, intransitive, Introductive, introspective, intuitive, investigative, Irreceptive, Irrelative, irrespective, Irretentive, irritative, irruptive, iterative, Judicative, Jurisdictive, justificative, Lacerative, laxative, legislative, locative, lucrative, Magnetomotive, manipulative, Manumotive, Mediative, medicative, meditative, Memorative, Ministrative, Miscreative, Misrepresentative, mitigative, Modificative, Monitive, Mordicative, Multiplicative, Mundificative, Native, Nauseative, Nominative, Nonsensitive, Numerative, Nuncupative, Nutritive, Obliterative, Observative, Obstupefactive, Olfactive, Omnispective, Opinative, Opiniative, Opinionative, Oppilative, Oppositive, Ordinative, Originative, Ortive, Oscillative, Ostentive, Overdtive, Palative, Parthenogenitive, Participative, Parturitive, Pedomotive, Pejorative, Pendentive, Penetrative, Pensative, Perceptive, Perforative, Perspirative, Perturbative, Petrifactive, Philoprogenitive, Pignorative, Plaintive, Portative, Postpositive, Potestative, Poultive, Practive, Preceptive, Predestinative, Predicative, Preemptive, Prefigurative, Preformative, Prejudicative, Prepositive, Prerogative, Prescriptive, Presentative, Presumptive, Pretentative, Preteritive, Preventative, Probative, Procreative, Productive, Promotive. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-g-i-i-l-n-t-t-u-v" | |
-2 letters: agglutinate. | |
-3 letters: eluviating, evaluating, levigating, levitating, tailgating. | |
-4 letters: agitating, agitative, genitalia, genitival, valuating, vigilante. | |
-5 letters: agential, alginate, angulate, availing, aventail, aviating, galivant, gauntlet, gaveling, gelating, gingivae, gingival, glutting, guttling, intitule, language, leaguing, legating, ligating, ligative, litigant, litigate, navigate, tailgate, uintaite, vaginate, valeting, vaulting, vigilant, vittling, vituline. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 67 67 6C 75 74 69 6E 61 74 69 76 65 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- --. --. .-.. ..- - .. -. .- - .. ...- . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100111 01100111 01101100 01110101 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A g g l u t i n a t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0067 0067 006C 0075 0074 0069 006E 0061 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35737378878675806786758871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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