causative

English

Etymology

From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“to cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːzətɪv/

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• (General American) enPR: kôʹzə-tĭv, IPA^(key): /ˈkɔzətɪv/
• Rhymes: -ɔːzətɪv
• Hyphenation (UK): caus‧at‧ive, (US): caus‧a‧tive

Adjective

causative (not comparable)

1. acting as a cause
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], OCLC 932932554:

     Causative in nature of a number of effects.

2. (linguistics) expressing a cause or causation

   The ablative is a causative case.

Translations

acting as a cause

• Finnish: aiheuttava (fi)
• Hungarian: okozó (hu), előidéző, eredményező, okot képező

• Ido: kauzala (io)
• Spanish: causativo (es)

linguistics: expressing cause or causation

• Finnish: kausatiivinen
• French: causatif (fr)
• Hungarian: műveltető (hu)

• Ido: kauziganta (io)
• Japanese: 使役 (shieki)
• Welsh: achosol

See also

• curative

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).

Hypernyms

• verb

Translations

linguistics

• Aragonese: causetivo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使役 (zh) (shǐyì)

• Finnish: kausatiivi (fi)
• French: causatif (fr) m, factitif (fr) m
• German: Kausativ (de) n
• Greek: αίτιος (el) m (aítios)
• Hungarian: műveltetés

• Japanese: 使役 (しえき, shieki)
• Korean: 사동 (ko) (sadong)
• Russian: побуди́тельный зало́г m (pobudítelʹnyj zalóg), понуди́тельный зало́г m (ponudítelʹnyj zalóg), каузати́вный зало́г m (kauzatívnyj zalóg), каузати́в (ru) m (kauzatív)
• Swedish: kausativ (sv)
• Volapük: jenükamavärb
• Welsh: achosair m

Further reading

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.za.tiv/

Adjective

causative

1. feminine singular of causatif

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaw.zaˈti.ve/

Adjective

causative

1. feminine plural of causativo

Anagrams

• evacuasti