"partitive" meaning in English

See partitive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɑː.tə.tɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more partitive [comparative], most partitive [superlative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English partitif, borrowed from Medieval Latin partītīvus, from Latin partītus + -īvus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|partitif|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English partitif, {{inh+|en|enm|partitif}} Inherited from Middle English partitif, {{der|en|ML.|partītīvus}} Medieval Latin partītīvus, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{af|la|partītus|-īvus|nocat=1}} partītus + -īvus Head templates: {{en-adj}} partitive (comparative more partitive, superlative most partitive)
  1. That divides something into parts. Synonyms: separative Translations (that divides something into parts): разделителен (razdelitelen) (Bulgarian), jakava (Finnish), erottava (Finnish), felosztó (Hungarian), feldaraboló (Hungarian), partitív (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-partitive-en-adj-oQqJySdM Disambiguation of 'that divides something into parts': 97 3
  2. (grammar) Indicating a part rather than the whole of something. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (grammar: indicating a part): تَبْعِيضِيّ (tabʕīḍiyy) (Arabic), частичен (častičen) (Bulgarian), delend (Dutch), osastav (Estonian), partitiivi- (Finnish), partitiivinen (Finnish), partitif (French), partitiv (German), partitivusi (Hungarian), részelő (Hungarian), részelő esetű (Hungarian), parçeyî (Northern Kurdish), parçedar (Northern Kurdish), partitivo (Portuguese), части́чный (častíčnyj) (Russian), раздели́тельный (razdelítelʹnyj) (Russian), partitivo (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonpartitive, partitively, partitivity, partitive ablative, partitive article, partitive case, partitive dative, partitive genitive

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɑː.tə.tɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: partitives [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English partitif, borrowed from Medieval Latin partītīvus, from Latin partītus + -īvus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|partitif|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English partitif, {{inh+|en|enm|partitif}} Inherited from Middle English partitif, {{der|en|ML.|partītīvus}} Medieval Latin partītīvus, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{af|la|partītus|-īvus|nocat=1}} partītus + -īvus Head templates: {{en-noun}} partitive (plural partitives)
  1. (grammar) A partitive word, phrase or case. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (partitive case): partitief (Afrikaans), تَبْعِيض (tabʕīḍ) (Arabic), partitibo (Basque), разделителен съюз (razdelitelen sǎjuz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 表分詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 表分词 (Chinese Mandarin), partitief [masculine] (Dutch), osastav (Estonian), partatiiv (Estonian), partitiivi (Finnish), osanto (Finnish), partitif [masculine] (French), Partitiv [masculine] (German), μεριστικός (meristikós) [masculine] (Greek), partitivus (Hungarian), részelő eset (Hungarian), deildarfall [neuter] (Icelandic), partitīvs [masculine] (Latvian), partitivo (Portuguese), раздели́тельный паде́ж (razdelítelʹnyj padéž) [masculine] (Russian), партити́в (partitív) [masculine] (Russian), caso partitivo [masculine] (Spanish), partitiv (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-partitive-en-noun-e3XxNlLE Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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      "word": "表分詞"
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      "sense": "partitive case",
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      "sense": "partitive case",
      "word": "partatiiv"
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      "sense": "partitive case",
      "word": "partitiivi"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "partitive case",
      "word": "osanto"
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      "sense": "partitive case",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "partitive case",
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      "sense": "partitive case",
      "word": "részelő eset"
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      "sense": "partitive case",
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