"perfective" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktɪv/
Rhymes: -ɛktɪv Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} perfective
  1. (grammar) Of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect): даскана́лы (daskanály) (Belarusian), зако́нчаны (zakónčany) (Belarusian), свърше́н (svǎršén) (Bulgarian), perfectiu (Catalan), 完整 (wánzhěng) (Chinese Mandarin), dokonavý (Czech), perfectif (French), perfektiv (German), מֻגְמָר (mugmár) (Hebrew), befejezett (Hungarian), perfettivo (Italian), 完了 (kanryō) (alt: かんりょう) (Japanese), свр́шен (svŕšen) (Macedonian), dokonany (Polish), perfectivo (Portuguese), perfetivo (Portuguese), perfectiv (Romanian), соверше́нный (soveršénnyj) (Russian), свршен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), svršen [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), dokonavý (Slovak), dovršen (Slovene), perfectivo (Spanish), доко́наний (dokónanyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-perfective-en-adj-vBMh5v77 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect': 90 10
  2. (obsolete) Tending to make perfect, or to bring to perfection. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-perfective-en-adj-F2gafJRW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imperfective, perfectively, perfectiveness, perfective aspect

Noun [English]

IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktɪv/ Forms: perfectives [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktɪv Head templates: {{en-noun}} perfective (plural perfectives)
  1. (grammar) A perfective verb form. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (perfective verb form): 完成式 (wánchéngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), perfectif [masculine] (French), tʼáá íídą́ą́ʼ (Navajo), perfectivo [masculine] (Portuguese), соверше́нный вид (soveršénnyj vid) [masculine] (Russian), perfektiv (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-perfective-en-noun-octFqzS0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 27 46 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Adjective [French]

Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} perfective
  1. feminine singular of perfectif Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: perfectif
    Sense id: en-perfective-fr-adj-BdML4i5v Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "perfective verb form",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perfectif"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "perfective verb form",
      "word": "tʼáá íídą́ą́ʼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "perfective verb form",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perfectivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soveršénnyj vid",
      "sense": "perfective verb form",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "соверше́нный вид"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "perfective verb form",
      "word": "perfektiv"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Perfective aspect"
  ],
  "word": "perfective"
}

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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "adjective form"
      },
      "expansion": "perfective",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French adjective forms",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French non-lemma forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "perfectif"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feminine singular of perfectif"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perfectif",
          "perfectif#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "perfective"
}

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