comparatif
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French comparatif, borrowed from Latin comparātīvus, from comparō (“to compare”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
comparatif (feminine comparative, masculine plural comparatifs, feminine plural comparatives)
- comparative
- C’est comparatif à un autre. ― It is comparative to another [one].
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
comparatif m (plural comparatifs)
- (grammar)
- Coordinate terms: positif, superlatif
- comparative (a grammatical structure used to compare or contrast)
- un comparatif de supériorité, le comparatif d’infériorité, et celui d’égalité ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- comparative (a word, particularly an adjective or adverb, in comparative form)
- Quatre mots français, dont trois adjectifs et un adverbe, ont un comparatif irrégulier. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “comparatif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French comparatif, from Latin comparātīvus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
comparatif
- (grammar, rare) Of the comparative degree.
Descendants edit
- English: comparative
References edit
- “comparatī̆f, -ī̆ve, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun edit
comparatif
Descendants edit
- English: comparative
References edit
- “comparatī̆f, -ī̆ve, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin comparātīvus.
Noun edit
comparatif oblique singular, m (oblique plural comparatis, nominative singular comparatis, nominative plural comparatif)
- (grammar) comparative (word in comparative form)
Descendants edit
- French: comparatif
- → Middle English: comparatif, comparatijf, comparatyf, comparatyfe
- English: comparative