abstractif

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

abstractif (feminine abstractive, masculine plural abstractifs, feminine plural abstractives)

1. abstractive

Derived terms

• abstractivement

Further reading

• “abstractif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• abstractyve

Etymology

From Latin abstractivus, from abstractus (“drawn away”) + -īvus; equivalent to abstract +‎ -if.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abˌstrakˈtiːf/, /abˈstraktiv/

Adjective

abstractif

1. (grammar, of nouns) Denoting a quality or state that is not concrete; abstract.

Descendants

• English: abstractive

References

• “abstractī̆f, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-24.