pejoratiu

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French péjorative (“depreciative, disparaging”), from Late Latin peiōrātus, perfect passive participle of Latin peiōrō (“make worse”), from peior (“worse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pə.ʒu.ɾəˈtiw]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pə.ʒo.ɾəˈtiw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pe.d͡ʒo.ɾaˈtiw]

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• Rhymes: -iw
• Hyphenation: pe‧jo‧ra‧tiu

Adjective

pejoratiu (feminine pejorativa, masculine plural pejoratius, feminine plural pejoratives)

1. pejorative, derogatory

   Synonym: despectiu

Derived terms

• pejorativament

Further reading

• “pejoratiu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “pejoratiu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “pejoratiu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pejoratiu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pejoratiu m (feminine singular pejorativa, masculine plural pejoratius, feminine plural pejorativas)

1. pejorative, derogatory