different between experimental vs putative

English

Etymology

experiment +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ksp????m?nt?l/, /?k?sp????m?nt?l/
• Rhymes: -?nt?l

Adjective

experimental (comparative more experimental, superlative most experimental)

1. Pertaining to or founded on experiment.

2. (sciences) Serving to be experimented upon; used in an experiment.
   • 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society 2016, p. 541:

     Brown-Séquard, noting that Addison's disease involved the failure of the adrenal (or suprarenal) glands near the kidneys, removed them in experimental animals, and thus proved they were necessary for life […].

3. Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.

   his experimental band

   an experimental engine

4. Experiential, empirical.

   experimental knowledge

Derived terms

• experimentally

Translations

Noun

experimental (plural experimentals)

1. The subject of an experiment.

See also

• control

References

Catalan

Adjective

experimental (masculine and feminine plural experimentals)

1. experimental

Derived terms

• experimentalisme
• experimentalista
• experimentalment

Related terms

• experiment
• experimentar

Further reading

• “experimental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “experimental” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “experimental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “experimental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Adjective

experimental (feminine singular experimentale, masculine plural experimentaux, feminine plural experimentales)

1. Misspelling of expérimental.

Galician

Adjective

experimental m or f (plural experimentais)

1. experimental

Related terms

• experimento

Further reading

• “experimental” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Interlingua

Adjective

experimental (not comparable)

1. experimental

Related terms

• experimento

Portuguese

Adjective

experimental m or f (plural experimentais, comparable)

1. experimental (of, pertaining to or being an experiment)

Further reading

• “experimental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French expérimental, from Latin experimentalis.

Adjective

experimental m or n (feminine singular experimental?, masculine plural experimentali, feminine and neuter plural experimentale)

1. experiential

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

experimental (plural experimentales)

1. experimental

Related terms

• experimento

Further reading

• “experimental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

First attested 1432, from Middle French putatif, from Latin put?t?vus (“supposed, purported”), from put?tus (“thought”), from put? (“I think, I consider, I reckon”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?pju.t?.t?v/

Adjective

putative (comparative more putative, superlative most putative)

1. Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof.

   Synonyms: ostensible, purported, reputed, supposed

   • 1879, Maurice Mauris, "A Materialistic Artist," New York Times, 9 Nov., p. 10:

     [T]he lady . . . insisted upon going herself, requesting me to mind for a second the baby. . . . lo! the baby awoke and stared at me with a pair of big frightened eyes, which the little thing in another moment rolled in all directions, as if in search of its putative mother.

   • 1989, William E. Colby and Jeremy J. Stone, "US must support Thailand if Cambodia is to survive," Milwaukee Sentinel (Los Angeles Times Service), 28 Oct. (retrieved 15 Sep. 2009):

     Just as Prince Sihanouk is fronting for the Khmer Rouge today . . . so also was he their putative leader from 1970 to 1975.

   • 2006, Unmesh Kher, "No Neat Endings for the JonBenet Case," Time, 18 Aug.:

     Karr's past does raise suspicions. When he was arrested in Bangkok, he was living in a dormitory-like guesthouse in a neighborhood frequented by sex tourists. . . . Of course, Karr's putative pedophilia would not make him guilty of murder.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py.ta.tiv/
• Homophone: putatives

Adjective

putative

1. feminine singular of putatif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

putative

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.ta?ti.ve/
• Hyphenation: pu?ta?tì?ve

Adjective

putative

1. feminine plural of putativo