causative

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Etymology

From French causatif, from Latin causativus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“cause”); see cause.

Adjective

causative (not comparable)

1. Acting as a cause.
   • Francis Bacon

     Causative in nature of a number of effects.

2. Expressing a cause or reason; causal.

   The ablative is a causative case.

Noun

causative (plural causatives)

1. (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).

Translations

causing or forcing

• Aragonese: causetivo (an)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使役 (cmn) (shǐyì)

• Finnish: kausatiivi (fi)
• French: causatif (fr) m
• German: Kausativ (de) n

• Japanese: 使役 (ja) (しえき, shieki)
• Russian: побудительный залог (ru) (pobudítelʹnyj zalóg) m, понудительный залог (ru) (ponudítelʹnyj zalóg) m, каузативный залог (ru) (kauzatívnyj zalóg) m, каузатив (ru) (kauzatív) m
• Volapük: jenükamavärb (vo)

External links

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

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French

Adjective

causative f

1. feminine form of causatif

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Italian

Adjective

causative f

1. Feminine plural form of causativo

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