pejoratiu
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French péjorative (“depreciative, disparaging”), from Late Latin peiōrātus, perfect passive participle of Latin peiōrō (“make worse”), from peior (“worse”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [pə.ʒu.ɾəˈtiw]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pə.ʒo.ɾəˈtiw]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [pe.d͡ʒo.ɾaˈtiw]
Audio (Catalonia): (file) - Rhymes: -iw
- Hyphenation: pe‧jo‧ra‧tiu
Adjective
[edit]pejoratiu (feminine pejorativa, masculine plural pejoratius, feminine plural pejoratives)
- pejorative, derogatory
- Synonym: despectiu
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]pejoratiu m (feminine singular pejorativa, masculine plural pejoratius, feminine plural pejorativas)
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- Catalan terms borrowed from French
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- Catalan terms derived from Late Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:Catalan/iw
- Rhymes:Catalan/iw/4 syllables
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