agglutinative
[uh-gloot-n-ey-tiv, uh-gloot-n-uh-]
- tending or having power to agglutinate or unite: an agglutinative substance.
- Linguistics. pertaining to or noting a language, as Turkish, characterized by agglutination.Compare inflectional(def 2), isolating.
Show More
Origin of agglutinative
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for agglutinative
Historical Examples
With regard to syntax, the Basque resembles all agglutinative languages.
Basque LegendsWentworth Webster
The juxtaposing technique we may call an “agglutinative” one, if we like.
LanguageEdward Sapir
They spoke an agglutinative language, and resembled the Chinese very much both in physical type and in character.
Human OriginsSamuel Laing
Their absence, however, is readily explained by the persistence of the agglutinative principle, which renders them unnecessary.
Man, Past and PresentAgustus Henry Keane
The main differences shown by these varieties are agglutinative differences.
Food PoisoningEdwin Oakes Jordan
agglutinative
- tending to join or capable of joining
- Also: agglomerative linguistics denoting languages, such as Hungarian, whose morphology is characterized by agglutinationCompare analytic (def. 3), synthetic (def. 3), polysynthetic
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for agglutinative
adj.
1630s, in a medical sense, from Latin agglutinat-, past participle stem of agglutinare (see agglutination). Philological sense is from 1650s.
Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
agglutinative
(ə-glōōt′n-ā′tĭv, -ə-tĭv)- Concerning or characteristic of agglutination.
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.