"exessive" meaning in English

See exessive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-excessive.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-excessive.wav
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv Etymology: From ex- (“out of”) + essive. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ex|essive|t1=out of}} ex- (“out of”) + essive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} exessive (not comparable)
  1. (grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates the transition away from a state. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of or relating to the exessive case): eksessiivinen (Finnish), w exessivusie (Polish)
    Sense id: en-exessive-en-adj-3D~-57m~ Categories (other): Grammar Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-excessive.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-excessive.wav Forms: exessives [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv Etymology: From ex- (“out of”) + essive. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ex|essive|t1=out of}} ex- (“out of”) + essive Head templates: {{en-noun}} exessive (plural exessives)
  1. (grammar) The exessive case, or a word in that case.
    Sense id: en-exessive-en-noun-2tis1gac Categories (other): Grammar, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ex-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ex-: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 84 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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