comparatief

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle French comparatif, from Latin comparātīvus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɔm.paː.raːˈtif/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: com‧pa‧ra‧tief
  • Rhymes: -if

Adjective[edit]

comparatief (not comparable)

  1. comparative (pertaining to comparison)
  2. (grammar) comparative (pertaining to the comparative degree)
    Synonym: vergrotend

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of comparatief
uninflected comparatief
inflected comparatieve
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial comparatief
indefinite m./f. sing. comparatieve
n. sing. comparatief
plural comparatieve
definite comparatieve
partitive comparatiefs

Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: komparatif

Noun[edit]

comparatief m (plural comparatieven)

  1. (grammar) compartive (word in the comparative degree)