translative

adj
/tɹænzˈleɪtɪv/

Etymology

From Latin translativus (“that is to be transferred”). Compare French translatif.

  1. derived from translatif
  2. derived from translativus — “that is to be transferred

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another.

  2. Of, or relating to the translation of language.

    • Which suiting the case so well, you’ll forgive me, Sir, for popping down in English metre, as the translative impulse (pardon a new word, and yet we scholars are not fond of authenticating new words) came upon me uncalled for:
  3. Of, or relating to the translative case.

  4. + 3 more definitions
    1. In the form of a trope

      In the form of a trope; figurative.

    2. The translative case.

    3. A word in the translative case.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for translative. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA