constitutif

French

Etymology

From Latin cōnstitūtivus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.tif/

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Adjective

constitutif (feminine constitutive, masculine plural constitutifs, feminine plural constitutives)

1. constitutive, constituent

   La grammaire est l’étude systématique des éléments constitutifs d’une langue.

   Grammar is the systematic study of the constituent parts of a language.

Related terms

• constituer

Further reading

• “constitutif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.