different between demonstrative vs mesioproximal
demonstrative
English
Etymology
From Middle French démonstratif
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??m?nst??t?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??m?nst??t?v/, /d??m?nst??t?v/
Adjective
demonstrative (comparative more demonstrative, superlative most demonstrative)
- that serves to demonstrate, show or prove
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- an argument necessary and demonstrative
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- given to open displays of emotion
- 1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
- demonstrative eloquence
- 1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
- (grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to
Derived terms
- demonstrative adjective
- demonstrative pronoun
Translations
Noun
demonstrative (plural demonstratives)
- (grammar) A demonstrative word
- A demonstrative adjective.
- A demonstrative pronoun.
Translations
German
Adjective
demonstrative
- inflection of demonstrativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Latin
Adjective
d?m?nstr?t?ve
- vocative masculine singular of d?m?nstr?t?vus
References
- demonstrative in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- demonstrative in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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mesioproximal
English
Etymology
mesio- +? proximal
Adjective
mesioproximal (not comparable)
- (linguistics) In the description of languages with a four-way distinction for demonstratives, refers to a demonstrative which indicates something near the addressee.
Related terms
- proximal (near the speaker)
- distal (far off or out of sight)
- mesiodistal (near neither the speaker nor the addressee but not far off)
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