perfective

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktɪv/
• Rhymes: -ɛktɪv

Adjective

perfective

1. (grammar) Of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect.

   Antonym: imperfective

2. (obsolete) Tending to make perfect, or to bring to perfection.
   • a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:

     a perfective alteration

   • 1701, John Ray, “Of Bodies Endued with a Sensitive Soul, or Animals”, in The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation, […], 3rd edition, London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, […], →OCLC, page 191:

     It is not likely that Eternal Life ſhall be a torpid and unactive ſtate, or that it ſhall conſiſt only in an uninterrupted and endleſs Act of Love; the other Faculties ſhall be employed as well as the Will, in Actions ſuitable to, and perfective of their Natures; […]

Derived terms

• imperfective
• perfectively
• perfectiveness

Translations

related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect

• Belarusian: даскана́лы (daskanály), зако́нчаны (zakónčany)
• Bulgarian: свърше́н (bg) (svǎršén)
• Catalan: perfectiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 完整 (zh) (wánzhěng)

• Czech: dokonavý
• French: perfectif (fr)
• German: perfektiv (de)
• Hebrew: מֻגְמָר‎ (mugmár)
• Hungarian: befejezett (hu)
• Italian: perfettivo (it)
• Japanese: 完了 (ja) (かんりょう, kanryō)
• Macedonian: свр́шен (svŕšen)
• Polish: dokonany (pl)
• Portuguese: perfectivo (pt), perfetivo
• Romanian: perfectiv (ro)
• Russian: соверше́нный (ru) (soveršénnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свршен

  Roman: svršen (sh)

• Slovak: dokonavý
• Slovene: dovršen
• Spanish: perfectivo (es)
• Ukrainian: доко́наний (dokónanyj)

Noun

perfective (plural perfectives)

1. (grammar) a perfective verb form

Translations

perfective verb form

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 完成式 (wánchéngshì)

• French: perfectif (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: tʼáá íídą́ą́ʼ
• Portuguese: perfectivo (pt) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: соверше́нный вид (ru) m (soveršénnyj vid)
• Swedish: perfektiv (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

French

Adjective

perfective

1. feminine singular of perfectif