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Showing words for GENITIVE using the English dictionary
8 Letter Words for Genitive
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Definitions for Genitive
[1] (in certain inflected languages) noting a case of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives, used primarily to express possession, measure, or origin: as John's hat, week's vacation, duty's call.
[2] noting an affix or other element characteristic of this case, or a word containing such an element.
[3] similar to such a case form in function or meaning.
[4] the genitive case.
[5] a word in the genitive case.
[6] a construction noting this case or the relationship usually expressed by it.
[7] denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in inflected languages used to indicate a relation of ownership or association, usually translated by English of
[8] the genitive case a word or speech element in this case
Words related to Genitive
reproductive, intimate, erotic, carnal, passionate, sensual, animal, bestial, fleshly, loving, sharing, voluptuous, wanton, animalistic, generative, genital, procreative, venereal
Words nearby Genitive
genital tract, genital wart, genitalia, genitality, genitals, genitive, genito-, genitocrural, genitofemoral, genitofemoral nerve, genitor
Origin of Genitive
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin genitīvus, equivalent to genit(us ) (past participle of gignere to beget) + -īvus -ive
Other words from Genitive
gen·i·ti·val [jen-i-tahy -vuh l] /ˌdʒɛn ɪˈtaɪ vəl/ , adjective
gen·i·ti·val·ly , adverb
un·gen·i·tive , adjective
Word origin for Genitive
C14: from Latin genetīvus relating to birth, from gignere to produce
Synonyms for Genitive
carnal, erotic, intimate, passionate, reproductive, sensual, animal, animalistic, bestial, fleshly, generative, genital, loving, procreative, sharing, venereal, voluptuous, wanton