abstractif
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
abstractif (feminine abstractive, masculine plural abstractifs, feminine plural abstractives)
- abstractive
Derived terms
- abstractivement
Further reading
- “abstractif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- abstractyve
Etymology
From Latin abstractivus, from abstractus (“drawn away”) + -īvus; equivalent to abstract + -if.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abˈstraktiːf/, /abˈstraktiv/
Adjective
abstractif
- (grammar, of nouns) Denoting a quality or state that is not concrete; abstract.
Descendants
- English: abstractive
References
- “abstractī̆f, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-24.