agentive

English

Etymology

agent +‎ -ive

Adjective

agentive (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
2. (linguistics) Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.

Translations

indicating an agent

• Finnish: agentiivinen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: agentivo

Noun

agentive (plural agentives)

1. (linguistics) A word having this construction.

Translations

word

• Finnish: agentiivi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• patientive

Anagrams

• gate vein, negative, veganite

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Italian

Adjective

agentive f

1. feminine plural of agentivo

Anagrams

• negatevi
• negative