agglutinate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

   an agglutinate language

   an agglutinate family of languages

Translations

united with or as with glue

• Finnish: liimattu (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: aglutinado

linguistics: consisting of root words combined with affixes

• Finnish: agglutinoiva
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: aglutinado

Verb

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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingue:
• Portuguese: aglutinar (pt)

linguistics: to form through agglutination

• Finnish: agglutinoida
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingue:
• Portuguese: aglutinar (pt)

References

• “agglutinate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “agglutinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “agglutinate”, in 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

(deprecated template usage) agglūtināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of agglūtinō