"agentive" meaning in All languages combined

See agentive on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Etymology: From agent + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|agent|ive}} agent + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} agentive (not comparable)
  1. (grammar) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (indicating an agent): agentiivinen (Finnish), agentif (French), agentivo (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-agentive-en-adj-pTSxjw14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 36 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 38 34 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 32 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 32 34 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'indicating an agent': 79 21
  2. (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-agentive-en-adj-Y1CUpYBX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 36 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 38 34 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 32 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 32 34 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: agentively, agentive nominalisation, agentive nominalization, agentivity, nonagentive

Noun [English]

Forms: agentives [plural]
Etymology: From agent + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|agent|ive}} agent + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} agentive (plural agentives)
  1. (linguistics) A word having an agentive construction. Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: patientive Translations (word): agentiivi (Finnish), agentif [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-agentive-en-noun-zeku~10X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 36 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 38 34 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 32 34 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 32 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 32 34 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Adjective [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|adjective form|g=f}} agentive f
  1. feminine plural of agentivo Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: agentivo
    Sense id: en-agentive-it-adj-FaITARi4 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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