privative
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin privativus.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
privative (comparative more privative, superlative most privative)
- causing privation; depriving
- consisting in the absence of something; negative
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- Privative blessings, blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty, and integrity.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- (grammar) indicating the absence of something
TranslationsEdit
indicating the absence of something
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NounEdit
privative (plural privatives)
- something that causes privation or indicates an absence
ReferencesEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /pʁi.va.tiv/
- Homophone: privatives
AdjectiveEdit
privative
ItalianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
privative