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Agglutinative

Definitions: Agglutinative

Agglutinative

Adjective

1. 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: Agglutinative

Synonyms: agglutinate (adj), combining(a) (adj), polysynthetic (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Agglutinative

English words defined with "agglutinative": Inflective languageTamil. (references)
Specialty definitions using "agglutinative": inflecting language. (references)

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Modern Translations: Agglutinative

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

   

Portuguese

  

aglutinativo, aglutinante (adhesive medium, agglutinant, binder, binding agent, bond, bonding agents, bonding substance, vehicle). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

aglutinant (agglutinant), lipicios (adhesive, gluey, glutinous, gummy, limy, mucous, slimy, sticky, tacky, unctuous, viscous). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

склеивающий. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

aglutinativni, aglutinativan, lepljiv (adherent, adhesive, clammy, cloggy, gluey, glutinous, gummy, sticking, sticky, tacky, treacly). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

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)

   

Turkish

  

bitişken (agglutinate), bitişimli (agglutinate). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

клейкий (adherent, adhesive, clammy, gluey, glutinous, gooey, gummy, mucilaginous, tacky, tenacious, viscid, viscous), аглютинативний, липкий (adhesive, clammy, sticky, tacky). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Agglutinative

Misspellings

"Agglutinative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agglutinatives. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Agglutinative"

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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Anagrams: Agglutinative

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Agglutinative


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 67 67 6C 75 74 69 6E 61 74 69 76 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    --.    --.    .-..    ..-    -    ..    -.    .-    -    ..    ...-    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01100111 01100111 01101100 01110101 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#103 &#103 &#108 &#117 &#116 &#105 &#110 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#118 &#101

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35737378878675806786758871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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