agglutinate

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin agglutinatus, past participle of agglutinare, adglutinare (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glutinare (“to glue”), from gluten (“paste, glue”).

Pronunciation edit

(adjective, noun) IPA^(key): /əˈɡluːtɪnət/
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(verb) IPA^(key): /əˈɡluːtɪneɪt/
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Adjective edit

agglutinate

United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
(linguistics) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning
an agglutinate language

an agglutinate family of languages

Translations edit

united with or as with glue

Finnish: liimattu (fi)
Portuguese: aglutinado (pt)

linguistics: consisting of root words combined with affixes

Finnish: agglutinoiva
Portuguese: aglutinado (pt)

Verb edit

agglutinate (third-person singular simple present agglutinates, present participle agglutinating, simple past and past participle agglutinated)

(transitive) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
(linguistics) To form through agglutination.

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Translations edit

to unite with or as with glue

Finnish: liimata (fi)
Italian: agglutinare (it)
Polish: aglutynować (pl) impf
Portuguese: aglutinar (pt)

linguistics: to form through agglutination

Finnish: agglutinoida
Hungarian: agglutinál (hu), toldalékol (hu)
Italian: agglutinare (it)
Polish: aglutynować (pl) impf
Portuguese: aglutinar (pt)

Noun edit

agglutinate (countable and uncountable, plural agglutinates)

(countable) A clump of agglutinated material.
In some soils, agglutinates are a major constituent.
(uncountable) Agglutinated material.
The formation of agglutinate is more abundant in mature regolith.