agglutinate

English

Etymology

From Latin agglutinatus, past participle of agglutinare, adglutinare (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glutinare (“to glue”), from gluten (“paste, glue”).

Adjective

agglutinate

1. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
2. (linguistics) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc.

Translations

united with or as with glue

• Finnish: liimattu (fi)

linguistics: consisting of root words combined with affixes

• Finnish: agglutinoiva (fi)

Verb

agglutinate (third-person singular simple present agglutinates, present participle agglutinating, simple past and past participle agglutinated)

1. (transitive) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
2. (linguistics) To form through agglutination.

Related terms

• agglutination
• agglutinative
• agglutinant

Translations

to unite with or as with glue

• Finnish: liimata (fi)

linguistics: to form through agglutination

• Finnish: agglutinoida (fi)

References

• agglutinate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• agglutinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• agglutinate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Verb

agglutinate

1. second-person plural present indicative of agglutinare
2. second-person plural imperative of agglutinare
3. Feminine plural of agglutinato

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Latin

Verb

agglūtināte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of agglūtinō