palliative

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French palliatif, from New Latin *palliātīvus, from Medieval Latin palliō (to cloak), from Latin pallium (a cloak).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpalɪətɪv/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpæli.eɪtɪv/, /ˈpæli.ətɪv/
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Adjective[edit]

palliative (comparative more palliative, superlative most palliative)

  1. Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
  2. (medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.

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Noun[edit]

palliative (plural palliatives)

  1. (medicine) Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.
    The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.
    • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. [], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, [], →OCLC, page 66:
      Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another...

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French[edit]

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palliative

  1. feminine singular of palliatif

German[edit]

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palliative

  1. inflection of palliativ:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pal.ljaˈti.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: pal‧lia‧tì‧ve

Adjective[edit]

palliative

  1. feminine plural of palliativo