"placative" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /pləˈkeɪtɪv/ [UK] Forms: more placative [comparative], most placative [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪtɪv Etymology: From placate + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|placate|ive}} placate + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} placative (comparative more placative, superlative most placative)
  1. (chiefly US) That placates; pacifying. Tags: US Synonyms: placatory Derived forms: placatively Translations (That placates; pacifying): омиротворяващ (omirotvorjavašt) (Bulgarian), versöhnlich (German), умиротворяющий (umirotvorjajuščij) (Russian), успока́ивающий (uspokáivajuščij) (Russian)
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