translative

American  

[trans-ley-tiv, tranz-, trans-ley-, tranz-] / trænsˈleɪ tɪv, trænz-, ˈtræns leɪ-, ˈtrænz- /

adjective

1. of or relating to the transfer of something from one person, position, or place to another.

2. of translation; serving to translate.

3. Grammar. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate a change from one state into another.

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noun

1. the translative case.

Etymology

Origin of translative

1580–90; < Latin trānslātīvus, equivalent to trānslāt ( us ) ( translate ) + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

This translative action, as it is technically called, commences ordinarily in about three fathoms water, and is most violent in six or eight feet depths, within which the sea breaks.

From Project Gutenberg

All affirmations about God are made "non proprie sed translative"; all negations "non translative sed proprie."

From Project Gutenberg

These movements are produced by three sorts of action: Sectional action, rotary action and translative action.

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