See approbative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "approbatively"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "approbativeness"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "approbātīvus"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin approbātīvus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "approbō",
"4": "",
"5": "assert, accept, confirm"
},
"expansion": "Latin approbō (“assert, accept, confirm”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin approbātīvus, from Latin approbō (“assert, accept, confirm”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more approbative",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most approbative",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "approbative (comparative more approbative, superlative most approbative)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "approbate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "approbation"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "approbatory"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "disapproving"
},
{
"word": "pejorative"
},
{
"word": "reprobative"
},
{
"word": "reprobatory"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms with collocations",
"parents": [
"Terms with collocations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "50 27 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "56 26 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "56 26 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "53 27 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "56 20 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "60 20 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "55 21 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "60 16 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "61 19 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "approbative criticism",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1792, John Pope, A Tour through the Southern and Western Territories of the United States of North-America, New York: Charles L. Woodward, published 1888, page 8:",
"text": "His late Display of unparralled [sic] Generosity to a distressed, though reputable Family, will be enrolled in the Court above; and from the recording Angel, instead of a Tear, extort an approbative smile.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1895, Joseph Conrad, “Chapter 2”, in Almayer’s Folly, London: T. Fisher Unwin, page 33:",
"text": "[…] the approbative shouts of his half-intoxicated auditors filled his simple soul with delight and pride.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "Winter 2017, Joseph Epstein, “Jokes: A Genre of Thought”, in Jewish Review of Books, volume 7, number 4:",
"text": "An Irish friend then in his nineties once asked me if there were any Yiddish words that weren’t critical. I told him there must be some, though I did not know them. Even words that might seem approbative like chachem for wise man, with the slightest turn take on an ironic twist.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Expressing approval."
],
"id": "en-approbative-en-adj-2MLgRcyk",
"links": [
[
"approval",
"approval"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "approbatory"
},
{
"word": "approving"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "79 21",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "expressing approval — see also approving",
"word": "hyväksyvä"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 21",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "expressing approval — see also approving",
"word": "approbateur"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 21",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "expressing approval — see also approving",
"word": "approbatif"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 21",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "expressing approval — see also approving",
"word": "aprobatório"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 21",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "expressing approval — see also approving",
"word": "aprobativo"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 21",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "odobrítelʹnyj",
"sense": "expressing approval — see also approving",
"word": "одобри́тельный"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 21",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "odobrjájuščij",
"sense": "expressing approval — see also approving",
"word": "одобря́ющий"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1643, John Bramhall, The Serpent Salve, page 22:",
"text": "And if the words have any graine of truth in them, they must be undestood [sic] not of an Authorative, but onely of a Consultive Power to advise him, or at the most approbative, to give their assent to Laws propounded, he having limited himselfe to make no Laws without them.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something."
],
"id": "en-approbative-en-adj-h4xpwD7I",
"links": [
[
"Sanctioning",
"sanction"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈpɹəʊ.beɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-approbative.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈpɹoʊˈbeɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "46 54",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "giving authorization or approval",
"word": "hyväksyvä"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 54",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "giving authorization or approval",
"word": "aprobatywny"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 54",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "giving authorization or approval",
"word": "aprobujący"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 54",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razrešájuščij",
"sense": "giving authorization or approval",
"word": "разреша́ющий"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 54",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "odobrjájuščij",
"sense": "giving authorization or approval",
"word": "одобря́ющий"
}
],
"word": "approbative"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "approbātīvus"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin approbātīvus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "approbō",
"4": "",
"5": "assert, accept, confirm"
},
"expansion": "Latin approbō (“assert, accept, confirm”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin approbātīvus, from Latin approbō (“assert, accept, confirm”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "approbatives",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "approbative (plural approbatives)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Linguistics",
"orig": "en:Linguistics",
"parents": [
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker."
],
"id": "en-approbative-en-noun-bnFBQ8pz",
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"denotes",
"denote"
],
[
"affect",
"affect"
],
[
"appreciation",
"appreciation"
],
[
"approval",
"approval"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "laudative"
},
{
"word": "pejorative"
}
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈpɹəʊ.beɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-approbative.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈpɹoʊˈbeɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "approbative"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "approbatively"
},
{
"word": "approbativeness"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "approbātīvus"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin approbātīvus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "approbō",
"4": "",
"5": "assert, accept, confirm"
},
"expansion": "Latin approbō (“assert, accept, confirm”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin approbātīvus, from Latin approbō (“assert, accept, confirm”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more approbative",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most approbative",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "approbative (comparative more approbative, superlative most approbative)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "approbate"
},
{
"word": "approbation"
},
{
"word": "approbatory"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "disapproving"
},
{
"word": "pejorative"
},
{
"word": "reprobative"
},
{
"word": "reprobatory"
}
],
"categories": [
"English terms with collocations",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "approbative criticism",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1792, John Pope, A Tour through the Southern and Western Territories of the United States of North-America, New York: Charles L. Woodward, published 1888, page 8:",
"text": "His late Display of unparralled [sic] Generosity to a distressed, though reputable Family, will be enrolled in the Court above; and from the recording Angel, instead of a Tear, extort an approbative smile.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1895, Joseph Conrad, “Chapter 2”, in Almayer’s Folly, London: T. Fisher Unwin, page 33:",
"text": "[…] the approbative shouts of his half-intoxicated auditors filled his simple soul with delight and pride.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "Winter 2017, Joseph Epstein, “Jokes: A Genre of Thought”, in Jewish Review of Books, volume 7, number 4:",
"text": "An Irish friend then in his nineties once asked me if there were any Yiddish words that weren’t critical. I told him there must be some, though I did not know them. Even words that might seem approbative like chachem for wise man, with the slightest turn take on an ironic twist.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Expressing approval."
],
"links": [
[
"approval",
"approval"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "approbatory"
},
{
"word": "approving"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1643, John Bramhall, The Serpent Salve, page 22:",
"text": "And if the words have any graine of truth in them, they must be undestood [sic] not of an Authorative, but onely of a Consultive Power to advise him, or at the most approbative, to give their assent to Laws propounded, he having limited himselfe to make no Laws without them.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something."
],
"links": [
[
"Sanctioning",
"sanction"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈpɹəʊ.beɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-approbative.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈpɹoʊˈbeɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "expressing approval — see also approving",
"word": "hyväksyvä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "expressing approval — see also approving",
"word": "approbateur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "expressing approval — see also approving",
"word": "approbatif"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "expressing approval — see also approving",
"word": "aprobatório"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "expressing approval — see also approving",
"word": "aprobativo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "odobrítelʹnyj",
"sense": "expressing approval — see also approving",
"word": "одобри́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "odobrjájuščij",
"sense": "expressing approval — see also approving",
"word": "одобря́ющий"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "giving authorization or approval",
"word": "hyväksyvä"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "giving authorization or approval",
"word": "aprobatywny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "giving authorization or approval",
"word": "aprobujący"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razrešájuščij",
"sense": "giving authorization or approval",
"word": "разреша́ющий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "odobrjájuščij",
"sense": "giving authorization or approval",
"word": "одобря́ющий"
}
],
"word": "approbative"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "approbātīvus"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin approbātīvus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "approbō",
"4": "",
"5": "assert, accept, confirm"
},
"expansion": "Latin approbō (“assert, accept, confirm”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin approbātīvus, from Latin approbō (“assert, accept, confirm”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "approbatives",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "approbative (plural approbatives)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "laudative"
},
{
"word": "pejorative"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Linguistics"
],
"glosses": [
"A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker."
],
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"denotes",
"denote"
],
[
"affect",
"affect"
],
[
"appreciation",
"appreciation"
],
[
"approval",
"approval"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈpɹəʊ.beɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-approbative.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-approbative.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈpɹoʊˈbeɪ.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "approbative"
}
Download raw JSONL data for approbative meaning in English (7.7kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.