generative

See also: générative

English

Etymology

From Middle English generatyve, generatyf, generatif. Compare French génératif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv/, /ˈd͡ʒɛnɹətɪv/, /d͡ʒəˈnɛɹətɪv/

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Adjective

generative (comparative more generative, superlative most generative)

1. Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.

   Synonym: creative

   Antonym: annihilative

   • 1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:

     That generative particle.

   • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 127:

     Of course, structures like those associated with (36) and (37) constitute only a tiny subset of the infinite set of well-formed sentence structures found in English. We can increase the Generative Capacity of our grammar ( = the set of structures which it generates) either by expanding the Lexicon on the one hand, or by expanding the Categorial Rules (i.e. Phrase Structure Rules) on the other.

2. (euphemistic) reproductive
   • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 91:

     This ceremony seals the covenant in the flesh of the male generative organ.

Derived terms

• generative act
• generative adversarial network
• generative grammar
• generative medicine

 

Related terms

• degenerative

Translations

having the power of generating

• Bulgarian: размножителен (razmnožitelen), производителен (bg) (proizvoditelen)
• Catalan: generatiu
• Finnish: generatiivinen
• French: génératif (fr)
• Georgian: მაწარმოებელი (mac̣armoebeli), წარმომშობი (c̣armomšobi)
• German: generativ (de)
• Italian: generativo
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: generativ

• Portuguese: generativo
• Romanian: generativ (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ге̏нератӣван, ства̀ралачки

  Roman: gȅneratīvan (sh), stvàralački (sh)

• Spanish: generativo

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

generative

1. inflection of generativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.ne.raˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧ra‧tì‧ve

Adjective

generative

1. feminine plural of generativo

Anagrams

• generatevi