equative

English

Etymology

From equate +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ēkwāʹtĭv, ĕkʹwətĭv, IPA^(key): /i(ː)ˈkweɪtɪv/, /ˈɛkwətɪv/
• Rhymes: -eɪtɪv, -ɛkwətɪv

Noun

equative (plural equatives)

1. (grammar) A construction showing an equal quality. In English, this is normally formed using as. For example, the equative of happy is as happy as.
2. (grammar) A word in the equative form.
3. (grammar) A grammatical case in certain languages, including Ossetic and Sumerian, that indicates something is like something else. English equivalents include he was the same age as her and he looks like him.

Translations

grammar: construction

• Breton: derez-kevatal (br) m
• French: comparatif d’égalité m
• Irish: céim chothroim f
• Italian: comparativo di uguaglianza m
• Russian: эквати́в (ru) m (ekvatív)
• Spanish: comparativo de igualdad m
• Welsh: gradd gyfartal f

grammar: word in equative form

• Russian: эквати́в (ru) m (ekvatív)

grammar: case

• Breton: troad ekwativel m
• Danish: ækvalis c
• Finnish: ekvatiivi
• French: équatif (fr) m
• German: Äquativ m
• Mongolian: хэмжихийн тийн ялгал (xemžixiin tiin jalgal), хэмжих (mn) (xemžix)
• Russian: эквати́в (ru) m (ekvatív)
• Swedish: ekvativ (sv)

Adjective

equative (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being an equative.

Derived terms

• equatively