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translative

/tɹænzˈleɪtɪv/
/ˈtɹænzleɪtɪv/
/ˈtɹænzlətɪv/

Rhymes with -eɪtɪv

Where it comes from

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

adjective more translative · most translative

Of, or relating to the movement of a person or thing from one place to another.
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:
Similar: translational
Of, or relating to the translative case.
obsolete In the form of a trope; figurative. 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, edited by Edward Arber, London: Alexander Murray & Son, 1869, Book 3, Chapter 18, p. 197, But properly and in his principall vertue Allegoria is when we do speake in sence translatiue and wrested from the owne signification, neuerthelesse applied t

noun translatives

The translative case.
A word in the translative case.

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@misc{translative_2026,
  title = {translative},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/translative},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}