"demonstrative" meaning in English

See demonstrative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈmɒnstɹətɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈmɑnstɹətɪv/ [General-American], /dəˈmɑnstɹətɪv/ [General-American], /ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more demonstrative [comparative], most demonstrative [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English demonstratif, from Middle French démonstratif; equivalent to demonstrate + -ive. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|demonstratif}} Middle English demonstratif, {{der|en|frm|démonstratif}} Middle French démonstratif, {{af|en|demonstrate|-ive}} demonstrate + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} demonstrative (comparative more demonstrative, superlative most demonstrative)
  1. that serves to demonstrate, show or prove Translations (that serves to demonstrate, show or prove): ցուցադրական (cʿucʿadrakan) (Armenian), показателен (pokazatelen) (Bulgarian), демонстративен (demonstrativen) (Bulgarian), demostratiu (Catalan), valaiseva (Finnish), demonstratiivinen (Finnish), démonstratif (French), demonstrativ (German), dêmonstratif (Norman), demonstrativo (Portuguese), demonstrador (Portuguese), ilustrativo (Portuguese), demonstrativ [masculine] (Romanian), демонстрати́вный (demonstratívnyj) (Russian), показа́тельный (pokazátelʹnyj) (Russian), demostrativo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-demonstrative-en-adj-c~t6qtDY Disambiguation of 'that serves to demonstrate, show or prove': 96 2 2
  2. given to open displays of emotion Translations (given to open displays of emotion): нагледен (nagleden) (Bulgarian), avomielinen (Finnish), avoin (Finnish), εκδηλωτικός (ekdilotikós) (Greek), нагля́дный (nagljádnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-demonstrative-en-adj-1~wBPJbG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 22 11 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 2 25 15 29 29 Disambiguation of 'given to open displays of emotion': 1 96 3
  3. (grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to Categories (topical): Grammar Translations ((grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to): δεικτικός (deiktikós) (Ancient Greek), ցուցական (cʿucʿakan) (Armenian), показателен (pokazatelen) (Bulgarian), demostratiu (Catalan), ukazovací (Czech), demonstrativ (Danish), demonstratiivinen (Finnish), démonstratif (French), hinweisend (German), demonstrativ (German), δεικτικός (deiktikós) (Greek), ábendingar- (Icelandic), taispeántach (Irish), dêmonstratif (Norman), påpekende (Norwegian Bokmål), påpeikande (Norwegian Nynorsk), demonstrativo (Portuguese), demonstrativ [masculine] (Romanian), указа́тельный (ukazátelʹnyj) (Russian), demostrativo (Spanish), kionyeshi (Swahili), dangosolyn [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-demonstrative-en-adj-18NdT56Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 22 11 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 2 25 15 29 29 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of '(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to': 1 6 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: demonstrative adjective, demonstrative determiner, demonstrative legacy, demonstratively, demonstrativeness, demonstrative pronoun Related terms: demonstrable, performative

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈmɒnstɹətɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈmɑnstɹətɪv/ [General-American], /dəˈmɑnstɹətɪv/ [General-American], /ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav [Southern-England] Forms: demonstratives [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English demonstratif, from Middle French démonstratif; equivalent to demonstrate + -ive. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|demonstratif}} Middle English demonstratif, {{der|en|frm|démonstratif}} Middle French démonstratif, {{af|en|demonstrate|-ive}} demonstrate + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} demonstrative (plural demonstratives)
  1. (grammar) A demonstrative word
    A demonstrative adjective.
    Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-demonstrative-en-noun-3hRMD19o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 22 11 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 2 25 15 29 29 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (grammar) A demonstrative word
    A demonstrative pronoun.
    Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-demonstrative-en-noun-WN7Whk5L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 22 11 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 2 25 15 29 29 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pronoun demonstrative Translations (demonstrative word): 指示词 (zhǐshìcí) (Chinese Mandarin), demonstratiivi (Finnish), taispeántach [masculine] (Irish), 指示語 (shijigo) (alt: しじご) (Japanese), 指示詞 (shijishi) (alt: しじし) (Japanese), заах үг (zaax üg) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠬᠤ ᠦᠭᠡ (ǰiɣaqu üge) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), mot d' mostraedje [masculine] (Walloon)
Disambiguation of 'demonstrative word': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for demonstrative meaning in English (14.9kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "demonstrative adjective"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "demonstrative determiner"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "demonstrative legacy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "demonstratively"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "demonstrativeness"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "demonstrative pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "demonstratif"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English demonstratif",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "démonstratif"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French démonstratif",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "demonstrate",
        "3": "-ive"
      },
      "expansion": "demonstrate + -ive",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English demonstratif, from Middle French démonstratif; equivalent to demonstrate + -ive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more demonstrative",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most demonstrative",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "demonstrative (comparative more demonstrative, superlative most demonstrative)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "demonstrable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "performative"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove"
      ],
      "id": "en-demonstrative-en-adj-c~t6qtDY",
      "links": [
        [
          "demonstrate",
          "demonstrate"
        ],
        [
          "show",
          "show"
        ],
        [
          "prove",
          "prove"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "cʿucʿadrakan",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "ցուցադրական"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pokazatelen",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "показателен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "demonstrativen",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "демонстративен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "demostratiu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "valaiseva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "demonstratiivinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "démonstratif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "demonstrativ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "dêmonstratif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "demonstrativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "demonstrador"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "ilustrativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "demonstrativ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "demonstratívnyj",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "демонстрати́вный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pokazátelʹnyj",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "показа́тельный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
          "word": "demostrativo"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 22 11 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 25 15 29 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ive",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres",
          "text": "demonstrative eloquence",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1865, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Wives and Daughters, Chapter III",
          "text": "He had rather a contempt for demonstrative people, arising from his medical insight into the consequences to health of uncontrolled feeling.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "given to open displays of emotion"
      ],
      "id": "en-demonstrative-en-adj-1~wBPJbG",
      "links": [
        [
          "display",
          "display"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
          "emotion"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nagleden",
          "sense": "given to open displays of emotion",
          "word": "нагледен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "given to open displays of emotion",
          "word": "avomielinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "given to open displays of emotion",
          "word": "avoin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ekdilotikós",
          "sense": "given to open displays of emotion",
          "word": "εκδηλωτικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 96 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nagljádnyj",
          "sense": "given to open displays of emotion",
          "word": "нагля́дный"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "en:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 22 11 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 25 15 29 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ive",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that specifies the thing or person referred to"
      ],
      "id": "en-demonstrative-en-adj-18NdT56Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "specifies",
          "specify"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "cʿucʿakan",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "ցուցական"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pokazatelen",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "показателен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "demostratiu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "ukazovací"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "demonstrativ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "demonstratiivinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "démonstratif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "hinweisend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "demonstrativ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "deiktikós",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "δεικτικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "deiktikós",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "δεικτικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "ábendingar-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "taispeántach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "dêmonstratif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "påpekende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "påpeikande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "demonstrativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "demonstrativ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ukazátelʹnyj",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "указа́тельный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "demostrativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "word": "kionyeshi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 6 93",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dangosolyn"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈmɒnstɹətɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈmɑnstɹətɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dəˈmɑnstɹətɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demonstrative"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pronoun demonstrative"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "demonstratif"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English demonstratif",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "démonstratif"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French démonstratif",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "demonstrate",
        "3": "-ive"
      },
      "expansion": "demonstrate + -ive",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English demonstratif, from Middle French démonstratif; equivalent to demonstrate + -ive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "demonstratives",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "demonstrative (plural demonstratives)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "en:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 22 11 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 25 15 29 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ive",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A demonstrative word",
        "A demonstrative adjective."
      ],
      "id": "en-demonstrative-en-noun-3hRMD19o",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "demonstrative adjective",
          "demonstrative adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) A demonstrative word",
        "A demonstrative adjective."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "en:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 22 11 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 25 15 29 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ive",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A demonstrative word",
        "A demonstrative pronoun."
      ],
      "id": "en-demonstrative-en-noun-WN7Whk5L",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "demonstrative pronoun",
          "demonstrative pronoun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) A demonstrative word",
        "A demonstrative pronoun."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈmɒnstɹətɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈmɑnstɹətɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dəˈmɑnstɹətɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐshìcí",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "word": "指示词"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "word": "demonstratiivi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taispeántach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "alt": "しじご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shijigo",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "word": "指示語"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "alt": "しじし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shijishi",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "word": "指示詞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zaax üg",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "заах үг"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ǰiɣaqu üge",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠬᠤ ᠦᠭᠡ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mot d' mostraedje"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "demonstrative"
  ],
  "word": "demonstrative"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ive",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "demonstrative adjective"
    },
    {
      "word": "demonstrative determiner"
    },
    {
      "word": "demonstrative legacy"
    },
    {
      "word": "demonstratively"
    },
    {
      "word": "demonstrativeness"
    },
    {
      "word": "demonstrative pronoun"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "demonstratif"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English demonstratif",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "démonstratif"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French démonstratif",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "demonstrate",
        "3": "-ive"
      },
      "expansion": "demonstrate + -ive",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English demonstratif, from Middle French démonstratif; equivalent to demonstrate + -ive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more demonstrative",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most demonstrative",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "demonstrative (comparative more demonstrative, superlative most demonstrative)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "demonstrable"
    },
    {
      "word": "performative"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demonstrate",
          "demonstrate"
        ],
        [
          "show",
          "show"
        ],
        [
          "prove",
          "prove"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres",
          "text": "demonstrative eloquence",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1865, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Wives and Daughters, Chapter III",
          "text": "He had rather a contempt for demonstrative people, arising from his medical insight into the consequences to health of uncontrolled feeling.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "given to open displays of emotion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "display",
          "display"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
          "emotion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that specifies the thing or person referred to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "specifies",
          "specify"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈmɒnstɹətɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈmɑnstɹətɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dəˈmɑnstɹətɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cʿucʿadrakan",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "ցուցադրական"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pokazatelen",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "показателен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "demonstrativen",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "демонстративен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "demostratiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "valaiseva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "demonstratiivinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "démonstratif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "demonstrativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "dêmonstratif"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "demonstrativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "demonstrador"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "ilustrativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "demonstrativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "demonstratívnyj",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "демонстрати́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokazátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "показа́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that serves to demonstrate, show or prove",
      "word": "demostrativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nagleden",
      "sense": "given to open displays of emotion",
      "word": "нагледен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "given to open displays of emotion",
      "word": "avomielinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "given to open displays of emotion",
      "word": "avoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekdilotikós",
      "sense": "given to open displays of emotion",
      "word": "εκδηλωτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nagljádnyj",
      "sense": "given to open displays of emotion",
      "word": "нагля́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cʿucʿakan",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "ցուցական"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pokazatelen",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "показателен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "demostratiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "ukazovací"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "demonstrativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "demonstratiivinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "démonstratif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "hinweisend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "demonstrativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "deiktikós",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "δεικτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "deiktikós",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "δεικτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "ábendingar-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "taispeántach"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "dêmonstratif"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "påpekende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "påpeikande"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "demonstrativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "demonstrativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukazátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "указа́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "demostrativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "word": "kionyeshi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "(grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dangosolyn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demonstrative"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ive",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "pronoun demonstrative"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "demonstratif"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English demonstratif",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "démonstratif"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French démonstratif",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "demonstrate",
        "3": "-ive"
      },
      "expansion": "demonstrate + -ive",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English demonstratif, from Middle French démonstratif; equivalent to demonstrate + -ive.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "demonstratives",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "demonstrative (plural demonstratives)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A demonstrative word",
        "A demonstrative adjective."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "demonstrative adjective",
          "demonstrative adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) A demonstrative word",
        "A demonstrative adjective."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A demonstrative word",
        "A demonstrative pronoun."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "demonstrative pronoun",
          "demonstrative pronoun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) A demonstrative word",
        "A demonstrative pronoun."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈmɒnstɹətɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈmɑnstɹətɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dəˈmɑnstɹətɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demonstrative.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐshìcí",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "word": "指示词"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "word": "demonstratiivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taispeántach"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しじご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shijigo",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "word": "指示語"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しじし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shijishi",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "word": "指示詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zaax üg",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "заах үг"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ǰiɣaqu üge",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠬᠤ ᠦᠭᠡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "demonstrative word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mot d' mostraedje"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "demonstrative"
  ],
  "word": "demonstrative"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). 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.