definitive

See also: définitive

English

Etymology

From Middle French définitif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɪn.ɪt.ɪv/

Adjective

definitive (comparative more definitive, superlative most definitive)

1. explicitly defined
2. conclusive or decisive
3. definite, authoritative and complete
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Thomas Browne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     A strict and definitive truth.

   • (Can we date this quote by Prescott and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Some definitive […] scheme of reconciliation.

4. limiting; determining

   a definitive word

5. (philately) general, not issued for commemorative purposes
6. (obsolete) Determined; resolved.
   • 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure, for Measure, V. i. 424:

     Never crave him. We are definitive.

Derived terms

• definitively

Translations

explicitly defined

• Bulgarian: експлицитен (ekspliciten)
• Catalan: definitiu (ca)
• Finnish: definitiivinen, määrätty (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: definitivo (it)
• Scottish Gaelic: deimhinnte
• Spanish: definitivo (es)

conclusive or decisive

• Bulgarian: решителен (bg) (rešitelen)
• Catalan: definitiu (ca)
• Dutch: definitief (nl)
• Finnish: lopullinen (fi), ratkaiseva (fi), definitiivinen
• French: définitif (fr) m, définitive (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: endgültig (de)
• Italian: definitivo (it)
• Russian: оконча́тельный (ru) (okončátelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: deimhinnte
• Spanish: definitivo (es) m, decisivo (es)

definite, authoritative and complete

• Bulgarian: окончателен (bg) (okončatelen)
• Catalan: definitiu (ca)
• Finnish: lopullinen (fi), definitiivinen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: definitivo (it)
• Scottish Gaelic: deimhinnte
• Spanish: autorizado (es), oficial (es)

Noun

definitive (plural definitives)

1. (grammar) a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something
2. (philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand

   Synonym: definitive stamp

Translations

philately: ordinary postage stamp

• Danish: dagligmærke
• Finnish: yleispostimerkki
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: timbre d’usage courant
• German: Dauermarke (de) f

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /definiˈtive/
• Rhymes: -ive

Adverb

definitive

1. definitively

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German

Adjective

definitive

1. inflection of definitiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Italian

Adjective

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective definitivo.

Anagrams

• definitevi

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.fiː.niːˈtiː.u̯e/, [d̪eːfiːniːˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.fi.niˈti.ve/, [d̪efiniˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) dēfīnītīve

1. vocative masculine singular of dēfīnītīvus

References

• “definitive”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• definitive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.