partitive

[ pahr-ti-tiv ]

/ ˈpɑr tɪ tɪv /

adjective

serving to divide into parts.

Grammar. noting part of a whole: the Latin partitive genitive.

noun

Grammar. a partitive word or formation, as of the men in half of the men.

Origin of partitive

1510–20; <Medieval Latin partītīvus divisive, equivalent to Latin partīt(us), past participle of partīrī to divide (see party) + -īvus-ive

OTHER WORDS FROM partitive

par·ti·tive·ly, adverbun·par·ti·tive, adjective

Words nearby partitive

partite, partition, partition chromatography, partition coefficient, partition line, partitive, partlet, partly, part music, partner, partners

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Example sentences from the Web for partitive

It is not a predicate adjective, but a partitive genitive after hwt.
Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book|C. Alphonso Smith
(b.) Etahi may be considered as corresponding to the partitive article des of the French.
Grammar of the New Zealand language (2nd edition)|Robert Maunsell
Here a partitive sense is hinted: I shall know (some) music.
Novelas Cortas|Pedro Antonio de Alarcn
In the classical languages the partitive power was expressed by the genitive.
The English Language|Robert Gordon Latham

The partitive words that can combine with singular pronouns are comparatively few, viz.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for partitive

partitive

/ (ˈpɑːtɪtɪv) /

adjective

grammar indicating that a noun involved in a construction refers only to a part or fraction of what it otherwise refers to. The phrase some of the butter is a partitive construction; in some inflected languages it would be translated by the genitive case of the noun

serving to separate or divide into parts

noun

grammar a partitive linguistic element or feature

Derived forms of partitive

partitively, adverb

Word Origin for partitive

C16: from Medieval Latin partītīvus serving to divide, from Latin partīre to divide

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	partitive
释义	partitive [ pahr-ti-tiv ] / ˈpɑr tɪ tɪv / adjective serving to divide into parts. Grammar. noting part of a whole: the Latin partitive genitive. noun Grammar. a partitive word or formation, as of the men in half of the men. Origin of partitive 1510–20; <Medieval Latin partītīvus divisive, equivalent to Latin partīt(us), past participle of partīrī to divide (see party) + -īvus-ive OTHER WORDS FROM partitive par·ti·tive·ly, adverbun·par·ti·tive, adjective Words nearby partitive partite, partition, partition chromatography, partition coefficient, partition line, partitive, partlet, partly, part music, partner, partners Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for partitive It is not a predicate adjective, but a partitive genitive after hwt. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book\|C. Alphonso Smith (b.) Etahi may be considered as corresponding to the partitive article des of the French. Grammar of the New Zealand language (2nd edition)\|Robert Maunsell Here a partitive sense is hinted: I shall know (some) music. Novelas Cortas\|Pedro Antonio de Alarcn In the classical languages the partitive power was expressed by the genitive. The English Language\|Robert Gordon Latham The partitive words that can combine with singular pronouns are comparatively few, viz. Opuscula\|Robert Gordon Latham British Dictionary definitions for partitive partitive / (ˈpɑːtɪtɪv) / adjective grammar indicating that a noun involved in a construction refers only to a part or fraction of what it otherwise refers to. The phrase some of the butter is a partitive construction; in some inflected languages it would be translated by the genitive case of the noun serving to separate or divide into parts noun grammar a partitive linguistic element or feature Derived forms of partitive partitively, adverb Word Origin for partitive C16: from Medieval Latin partītīvus serving to divide, from Latin partīre to divide Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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