different between arguer vs argumentative

English

Etymology

From Middle English arguer, arguere, equivalent to argue +? -er.

Noun

arguer (plural arguers)

1. One who argues.

Translations

Anagrams

• Grauer, Guerra

French

Alternative forms

• argüer
• arguër (very rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin argu?, arguere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.??e/
• IPA^(key): /a?.?e/

Verb

arguer

1. to deduce (arrive at a conclusion)
2. to argue

Conjugation

Related terms

• argument

Further reading

• “arguer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• urgera

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English argumentatif (“syllogistic, sophistic”), from Old French argumentatif, argumentative (modern French argumentatif (“argumentative”)) and Medieval Latin, Late Latin arg?ment?t?vus, from Latin arg?ment?tor + -?vus (suffix forming adjectives). Arg?ment?tor is the second-person singular future active imperative of arg?mentor (“to prove, reason; to adduce something as an argument or proof; to conclude”), from arg?mentum (“argument for a position; evidence, proof”) (from argu? (“to show; to prove; to assert, declare; to make clear”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?er?- (“white, argent; glittering”)) + -mentum (suffix indicating the result of something)) + -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????j??m?nt?t?v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /????j??m?n(t)?t?v/, [-??v]
• Hyphenation: ar?gu?ment?a?tive

Adjective

argumentative (comparative more argumentative, superlative most argumentative)

1. Of or relating to argumentation; specifically, presenting a logical argument or line of reasoning; argumentive, discursive.

   Synonyms: (archaic) argumentary, discursory
2. Prone to argue or dispute.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:quarrelsome

   Antonyms: nonargumentative, unargumentative

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• argumentative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• argumentative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• argumentative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Adjective

argumentative

1. feminine singular of argumentatif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

argumentative

1. inflection of argumentativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular