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accusative
- /əˈkjuːzətɪv/ UK
- /əˈkjʉwzətɪv/ British, Southern, Standard
- /əˈkjuzətɪv/ US
- /əˈkjʉːzətɪv/ Australia
- /əˈkjʉːzətəv/ New Zealand
- /əˈkjʉzətɪv/ Scotland
- /əˈkɪʊzətɪv/ Wales
Where it comes from
First attested in the mid 15th century. From Middle English accusative, from Anglo-Norman accusatif or Middle French acusatif or from Latin accūsātīvus (“having been blamed”), from accūsō (“to blame”). Equivalent to accuse + -ative. The Latin form is a mistranslation of the Ancient Greek grammatical term αἰτιᾱτική (aitiātikḗ, “expressing an effect”). This term actually comes from αἰτιᾱτός (aitiātós, “caused”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix), but was reanalyzed as coming from αἰτιᾱ- (aitiā-), the stem of the verb αἰτιάομαι (aitiáomai, “to blame”), + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, verbal adjective suffix).
adjective more accusative · most accusative
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Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
This hath been a very accusative age.
Similar: accusatory, accusatorial
- Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.
noun accusatives
- The accusative case.
- A word inflected in the accusative case. 65 mošu tat̰ ās nōit̮ darəγəm yat̰ . . ‘quickly it (tat̰) happened, it (was) not long till . . . — drūm avantəm airištəm: according to Bartholomae IF. 12. 146 the author of this part was led to use accusatives here (instead of nominatives) by the preceding sentence yezi ǰum frapayeni.
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adj producing accusations; accusatory
| Español | acusativo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 非難を表す hinan wo arawasu |
| Português | acusativo, acusatório |
| Français | accusateur |
| Română | acuzator, acuzativ |
| Русский | обвини́тельный obvinítelʹnyj |
adj related to accusative case
| Español | acusativo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 対格の taikaku no |
| 中文 | 宾格 bīngé, 對格 /对格, 受格 |
| Português | acusativo |
| Français | accusatif |
| Deutsch | Akkusativ-, akkusativisch |
| Italiano | accusativo |
| Ελληνικά | αιτιατική aitiatikí |
| Русский | вини́тельный vinítelʹnyj |
| العربية | مَنْصُوب manṣūb |
noun accusative case
| Español | acusativo, caso acusativo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대격 daegyeok |
| 日本語 | 対格 taikaku, ４格 yonkaku |
| 中文 | 宾格 bīngé, 對格 /对格 duìgé, 受格 shòugé, 第四格 dìsìgé |
| हिन्दी | द्वितीया विभक्ति dvitīyā vibhakti |
| Português | acusativo |
| Français | accusatif, cas accusatif |
| Deutsch | Akkusativ, Wenfall, vierter Fall |
| Italiano | accusativo |
| Ελληνικά | αιτιατική aitiatikí |
| Română | acuzativ, caz acuzativ |
| Русский | вини́тельный паде́ж vinítelʹnyj padéž |
| Tiếng Việt | đối cách |
| العربية | مَنْصُوب manṣūb |
| עברית | יחס הפעול yakhas ha-pa’ul |
Talk about this word "accusative." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/accusative. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. accusative. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/accusative "accusative." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/accusative.Cite this
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