different between agglutinative vs polysynthetic

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???lu?t?n?t?v/

Adjective

agglutinative (comparative more agglutinative, superlative most agglutinative)

1. sticky, tacky, adhesive
2. (linguistics) having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning

Synonyms

• (sticky): claggy, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:adhesive

Related terms

Translations

Noun

agglutinative (plural agglutinatives)

1. a sticky material; an adhesive

See also

• Agglutinative language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• agglutinative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• agglutinative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• agglutinative at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?ly.ti.na.tiv/
• Homophone: agglutinatives

Adjective

agglutinative

1. feminine singular of agglutinatif

English

Etymology

poly- +? synthetic

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?l?s?nth?t'?k, IPA^(key): /?p?lis?n???t?k/

Adjective

polysynthetic (comparative more polysynthetic, superlative most polysynthetic)

1. (grammar, of languages) Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.
2. (mineralogy) Having layers of twin crystals

Related terms

• oligosynthetic
• polysynthesis
• polysynthesism
• synthetic

Translations

See also

• agglutinative
• analytic
• fusional
• incorporating
• inflected
• isolating