agglutinative

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *gleyH-

Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥

Proto-Italic *gloiten

Latin glūten

Latin glūtinō

Latin agglūtinō

Latin agglūtinātuslbor.

English agglutinate

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English agglutinative

From agglutinate + -ive.

Pronunciation

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• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈɡluːtɪnətɪv/, [əˈɡɫut̚nəɾɪv]

Adjective

agglutinative (comparative more agglutinative, superlative most agglutinative)

1. Sticky, tacky, adhesive.

   Synonyms: claggy, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:adhesive

2. (grammar) Having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning.

Derived terms

• agglutinatively
• agglutinativeness
• agglutinativity
• nonagglutinative

Related terms

• agglutinant
• agglutinate
• agglutination

Translations

sticky

• Bulgarian: лепкав (bg) (lepkav), леплив (bg) (lepliv)
• Dutch: agglutinerend (nl)
• Finnish: tahmea (fi), tahmainen (fi)
• French: agglutinant (fr)
• Georgian: წებვადი (c̣ebvadi)
• Kapampangan: pídikitdikit, mapekatpekat
• Macedonian: ле́плив m (lépliv)
• Portuguese: grudento (pt), adesivo (pt)
• Russian: ли́пкий (ru) (lípkij), кле́йкий (ru) (kléjkij)

having words derived by combining parts

• Arabic: إِلْصَاقِيّ (ʔilṣāqiyy)
• Armenian: կցական (hy) (kcʻakan)
• Azerbaijani: iltisaqi, aqlütinativ
• Bulgarian: аглутативен (aglutativen)
• Czech: aglutinační, přikližující
• Dutch: agglutinerend (nl)
• Finnish: agglutinatiivinen
• French: agglutinant (fr)
• Galician: aglutinante (gl) m or f
• Georgian: აგლუტინაციური (agluṭinaciuri)
• German: agglutinierend (de)
• Hungarian: agglutináló (hu)
• Japanese: 膠着(語) (こうちゃく(ご), kōchaku(go))
• Kapampangan: pítayidtáyid, pámiugnéugné
• Kazakh: жалғамалы (jalğamalı)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: аглутинати́вен m (aglutinatíven)
• Mongolian: залгамал (mn) (zalgamal)
• Polish: aglutynacyjny (pl) m
• Portuguese: aglutinativo
• Russian: агглютинати́вный (ru) (aggljutinatívnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̏глутинатӣван

  Latin: ȁglutinatīvan (sh)

• Spanish: aglutinante (es)
• Swedish: agglutinerande (sv)
• Tagalog: mapaglapi-lapi
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: bitişken (tr), eklemeli (tr)
• Udmurt: итылӥськись (ityliśkiś)
• Vietnamese: chắp dính

Noun

agglutinative (plural agglutinatives)

1. A sticky material; an adhesive.
2. (grammar) A word formed from the combination of parts, each with a separate meaning.

Further reading

• agglutinative language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “agglutinative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “agglutinative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “agglutinative”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡly.ti.na.tiv/
• Homophone: agglutinatives

Adjective

agglutinative

1. feminine singular of agglutinatif