copulative

English

Etymology

Latin copulativus

Adjective

copulative (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to copulation.
2. (grammar) That acts as a copula.
3. (grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.

Translations

of or pertaining to copulation

• Russian: копуляти́вный (ru) m (kopuljatívnyj)

(grammar) that acts as a copula

(grammar) that connects the subject of a clause with its complement

Noun

copulative (plural copulatives)

1. (obsolete) connection

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2. (grammar) A copulative conjunction.

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French

Adjective

copulative

1. feminine singular of copulatif

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Italian

Adjective

copulative

1. feminine plural of copulativo