different between ablative vs ablatively

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviations): abl., Abl.

Etymology

From Middle English ablative, ablatife, ablatyf, ablatif, from Old French ablatif (“the ablative case”), from Latin abl?t?vus (“expressing removal”), from abl?tus (“taken away”), from aufer? (“I take away”). The engineering/nautical sense originates from ablate + -ive.

Pronunciation

• (grammar): (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.l?.t?v/
• (engineering, nautical): IPA^(key): /??ble?.t?v/

Adjective

ablative (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
2. (archaic) Pertaining to taking away or removing. [Attested from the mid 16^th century until the early 18^th century.]
3. (engineering, nautical) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying, as in ablative paints used for antifouling. [First attested in 1959.].
4. (medicine) Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
5. (geology) Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]

Derived terms

• ablativity

Translations

Noun

ablative (plural ablatives)

1. (grammar) The ablative case. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
2. An ablative material. [Mid 20^th century.]

Translations

Derived terms

• ablative absolute

References

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bla.tiv/

Adjective

ablative

1. feminine singular of ablatif

Italian

Adjective

ablative f pl

1. feminine plural of ablativo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ab.la??ti?.u?e/, [äb??ä??t?i?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ab.la?ti.ve/, [?bl??t?i?v?]

Adjective

abl?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of abl?t?vus

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???blati???/
• Rhymes: -i???
• Hyphenation: ab?la?ti?ve

Adjective

ablative

1. definite singular of ablativ
2. plural of ablativ

English

Etymology

ablative (“to carry away”) +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.l?.?ta?v.li/

Adverb

ablatively (comparative more ablatively, superlative most ablatively)

1. In an ablative manner. [Mid 19^th century.]

References