"ablative" meaning in English

See ablative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈæb.lə.tɪv/, /əˈbleɪ.tɪv/ Audio: en-us-ablative.ogg [US], en-ca-ablative.ogg [Canada]
Etymology: From Middle English ablative, ablatife, ablatyf, ablatif, from Old French ablatif (“the ablative case”), from Latin ablātīvus (“expressing removal”), from ablātus (“taken away”), from auferō (“I take away”). The engineering/nautical sense originates from ablate + -ive. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ablative}} Middle English ablative, {{m|enm|ablatife}} ablatife, {{m|enm|ablatyf}} ablatyf, {{m|enm|ablatif}} ablatif, {{der|en|fro|ablatif|t=the ablative case}} Old French ablatif (“the ablative case”), {{der|en|la|ablātīvus|t=expressing removal}} Latin ablātīvus (“expressing removal”), {{m|la|ablātus|t=taken away}} ablātus (“taken away”), {{m|la|auferō|t=I take away}} auferō (“I take away”), {{m|en|ablate}} ablate, {{m|en|-ive}} -ive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ablative (not comparable)
  1. (grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language): ἀφαιρετικός (aphairetikós) (Ancient Greek), ablatibo (Basque), творителен (tvoritelen) (alt: падеж) (Bulgarian), ablatiu (Catalan), 奪格 (Chinese Mandarin), 夺格 (duógé) (Chinese Mandarin), 離格 (Chinese Mandarin), 离格 (lígé) (Chinese Mandarin), ablativa (Esperanto), ablatiivinen (Finnish), ablatif (French), ablativisch (German), αφαιρετικός (afairetikós) [feminine] (Greek), ablativo [masculine] (Italian), 奪格 (dakkaku) (Japanese), gowaltagh (Manx), ablativ [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ablativisk (Norwegian Bokmål), ætbreġdendlīċ (Old English), ablatywny [masculine] (Polish), ablativo (Portuguese), ablatìv (Romagnol), ablativ (Romanian), абляти́вный (abljatívnyj) (Russian), ablativo (Spanish), ablativ [common-gender] (Swedish), abladol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-ablative-en-adj-en:grammar Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 13 28 3 16 24 0 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 14 23 4 17 25 0 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language': 72 9 10 1 8
  2. (archaic) Pertaining to taking away or removing. Tags: archaic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ablative-en-adj-BZ9Y967G Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 13 28 3 16 24 0 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 14 23 4 17 25 0
  3. (engineering, nautical, astronautics) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying material, as in ablative paints used for antifouling, or ablative heat shields used to protect spacecraft during reentry. . Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Astronautics, Engineering, Nautical
    Sense id: en-ablative-en-adj-dHgpYfa0 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 13 28 3 16 24 0 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 14 23 4 17 25 0 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, nautical, physical-sciences, transport
  4. (medicine) Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-ablative-en-adj-jPOv8Dmt Topics: medicine, sciences
  5. (geology) Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-ablative-en-adj-KaBENI5b Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 13 28 3 16 24 0 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 14 23 4 17 25 0 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: abl. [abbreviation], Abl. [abbreviation]

Noun

IPA: /ˈæb.lə.tɪv/, /əˈbleɪ.tɪv/ Audio: en-us-ablative.ogg [US], en-ca-ablative.ogg [Canada] Forms: ablatives [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English ablative, ablatife, ablatyf, ablatif, from Old French ablatif (“the ablative case”), from Latin ablātīvus (“expressing removal”), from ablātus (“taken away”), from auferō (“I take away”). The engineering/nautical sense originates from ablate + -ive. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ablative}} Middle English ablative, {{m|enm|ablatife}} ablatife, {{m|enm|ablatyf}} ablatyf, {{m|enm|ablatif}} ablatif, {{der|en|fro|ablatif|t=the ablative case}} Old French ablatif (“the ablative case”), {{der|en|la|ablātīvus|t=expressing removal}} Latin ablātīvus (“expressing removal”), {{m|la|ablātus|t=taken away}} ablātus (“taken away”), {{m|la|auferō|t=I take away}} auferō (“I take away”), {{m|en|ablate}} ablate, {{m|en|-ive}} -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} ablative (plural ablatives)
  1. (grammar) The ablative case. Categories (topical): Grammar, Grammatical cases
    Sense id: en-ablative-en-noun-EFLly3CI Disambiguation of Grammatical cases: 19 9 21 4 12 35 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 16 17 2 20 29 0 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 13 28 3 16 24 0 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 14 23 4 17 25 0 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 15 17 18 4 18 27 1 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. An ablative material.
    Sense id: en-ablative-en-noun-p5DKIsmc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: abl. [abbreviation], Abl. [abbreviation] Derived forms: ablative absolute, loose ablative, partitive ablative, partitive dative, partitive genitive

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
      "word": "ablativisch"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "afairetikós",
      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
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      "word": "ablativo"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
      "word": "奪格"
    },
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
      "word": "gowaltagh"
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      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
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      "word": "ablativ"
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      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
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      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
      "word": "ætbreġdendlīċ"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ablatywny"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
      "word": "ablativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
      "word": "ablatìv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
      "word": "ablativ"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "abljatívnyj",
      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
      "word": "абляти́вный"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
      "word": "ablativo"
    },
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      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ablativ"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language",
      "word": "abladol"
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}

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