"portative" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more portative [comparative], most portative [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French portatif, corresponding to port + -ative. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|portatif}} Middle French portatif, {{suffix|en|port|ative}} port + -ative Head templates: {{en-adj}} portative (comparative more portative, superlative most portative)
  1. (now rare) Portable. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-portative-en-adj-ap2HH7cO
  2. (obsolete) Capable of holding up or carrying. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-portative-en-adj-B~GCfroJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: portative organ

Noun [English]

Forms: portatives [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French portatif, corresponding to port + -ative. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|portatif}} Middle French portatif, {{suffix|en|port|ative}} port + -ative Head templates: {{en-noun}} portative (plural portatives)
  1. (now chiefly historical) A portative organ. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-portative-en-noun-7xJlcbC- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ative, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 36 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ative: 0 43 57 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 1 39 61

Adjective [French]

IPA: /pɔʁ.ta.tiv/
Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} portative
  1. feminine singular of portatif Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: portatif
    Sense id: en-portative-fr-adj-GUdPJLEK Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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