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Definitions for Partitive
[1] serving to divide into parts.
[2] Grammar . noting part of a whole: the Latin partitive genitive.
[3] Grammar . a partitive word or formation, as of the men in half of the men.
[4] 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
[5] serving to separate or divide into parts
[6] grammar a partitive linguistic element or feature
Words nearby Partitive
partite, partition, partition chromatography, partition coefficient, partition line, partitive, partizan, partlet, partly, partner, partners
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 , adverb
un·par·ti·tive , adjective
Word origin for Partitive
C16: from Medieval Latin partītīvus serving to divide, from Latin partīre to divide