agglutinate
English
Etymology
From Latin agglutinatus, past participle of agglutinare, adglutinare (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glutinare (“to glue”), from gluten (“paste, glue”).
Adjective
agglutinate
- United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
- (linguistics) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning
- an agglutinate language
- an agglutinate family of languages
Translations
united with or as with glue
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linguistics: consisting of root words combined with affixes
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Verb
agglutinate (third-person singular simple present agglutinates, present participle agglutinating, simple past and past participle agglutinated)
- (transitive) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
- (linguistics) To form through agglutination.
Related terms
- agglutination
- agglutinative
- agglutinant
Translations
to unite with or as with glue
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linguistics: to form through agglutination
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References
- agglutinate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- agglutinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- agglutinate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Italian
Verb
agglutinate
- second-person plural present indicative of agglutinare
- second-person plural imperative of agglutinare
- feminine plural of agglutinato
Latin
Verb
agglūtināte
- first-person plural present active imperative of agglūtinō