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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPartitive
/ˈpɑː.tɪ.tɪv/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A grammatical case or construction that indicates a part of a whole.
"In the sentence 'I would like some of the cake', 'some' is used in a partitive sense." - 2
A term used in linguistics to describe expressions that denote a subset of a larger set.
"The partitive construction in French is often used to express quantities, such as 'du pain' for 'some bread'."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'partitive' originates from the Latin word 'partitivus', which means 'dividing' or 'separating'. It evolved through Middle French before being adopted into English in the late 19th century, primarily in linguistic contexts to describe a grammatical case or construction that indicates a part of a whole.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Partitive" is said worldwide
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Partitiv
Transliteration: Par-ti-tiv
"Im Deutschen wird der Partitiv selten verwendet."
partitif
Transliteration: par-ti-tif
"Dans la phrase 'Je veux du pain', 'du' est un terme partitif."
partitivo
Transliteration: par-ti-ti-vo
"Nella frase 'Voglio del pane', 'del' è un termine partitivo."
partitivo
Transliteration: par-ti-ti-vo
"En la frase 'Quiero un poco de pan', 'un poco de' es un término partitivo."
partitivo
Transliteration: par-ti-ti-vo
"Na frase 'Quero um pouco de pão', 'um pouco de' é um termo partitivo."
भागात्मक
Transliteration: bhāgātmak
"वाक्य 'मुझे थोड़ा सा केक चाहिए' में 'थोड़ा सा' भागात्मक है।"
部分词
Transliteration: bùfèn cí
"在句子'我想要一些蛋糕'中，'一些'是部分词。"
부분어
Transliteration: bubun-eo
"문장 '나는 케이크의 일부를 원한다'에서 '일부'는 부분어입니다."
部分語
Transliteration: bubun-go
"文 '私はケーキの一部が欲しい' の中で '一部' は部分語です。"
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