genitivo

See also: genitīvõ

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English genitive, French génitif, German Genitiv, Italian genitivo, Spanish genitivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeniˈtivo/

Noun

genitivo (plural genitivi)

1. (grammar) genitive case

Related terms

• genitiva (“genitive”, adjective)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛ.nɪˈtiː.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒe.niˈt̪iː.vo]

Adjective

genitīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of genitīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin cāsus genitīvus (literally “case pertaining to origin, birth”) (also spelled cāsus genetīvus), from genitus, the perfect passive participle of gignō (“beget”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.niˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.niˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.niˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.niˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.niˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.niˈti.bu/ [ʒɨ.niˈti.βu]

• Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧ti‧vo

Adjective

genitivo (feminine genitiva, masculine plural genitivos, feminine plural genitivas, not comparable)

1. (grammar, comparable) genitive (of or relating to the case of possession)

Noun

genitivo m (plural genitivos)

1. (grammar) (of or relating to the case of possession)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeniˈtibo/ [xe.niˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: ge‧ni‧ti‧vo

Adjective

genitivo (feminine genitiva, masculine plural genitivos, feminine plural genitivas)

1. (grammar) genitive (of or relating to the case of possession)

Derived terms

• caso genitivo

Noun

genitivo m (plural genitivos)

1. (grammar) genitive case

Further reading

• “genitivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10