"comfortative" meaning in All languages combined

See comfortative on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌmfətətɪv/ [UK], /ˈkʌmfɚˌteɪtɪv/ [US] Forms: more comfortative [comparative], most comfortative [superlative]
Etymology: From comfort + -ative. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|comfort|ative}} comfort + -ative Head templates: {{en-adj}} comfortative (comparative more comfortative, superlative most comfortative)
  1. (archaic) Offering comfort. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-comfortative-en-adj-SqoSzbaW Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ative Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ative: 54 46

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌmfətətɪv/ [UK], /ˈkʌmfɚˌteɪtɪv/ [US] Forms: comfortatives [plural]
Etymology: From comfort + -ative. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|comfort|ative}} comfort + -ative Head templates: {{en-noun}} comfortative (plural comfortatives)
  1. (archaic) A medicine or other item causing comfort. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-comfortative-en-noun-uOM8aiGu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ative, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ative: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86

Inflected forms

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