different between formative vs aboriginal

English

Etymology

From Middle French formatif

Adjective

formative (comparative more formative, superlative most formative)

1. Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.

   My formative years were spent in an inner city.

2. Capable of forming something.
3. (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
4. (grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
5. (education) Denoting forms of assessment used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.

Derived terms

• formatively
• formativeness

See also

• formulative
• informative

Noun

formative (plural formatives)

1. (grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.

Italian

Adjective

formative

1. feminine plural of formativo

Anagrams

• formatevi

English

Etymology

See Aboriginal.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.????d??.n?.l?/, /?æb.????d??.?n.l?/

Adjective

aboriginal (comparative more aboriginal, superlative most aboriginal)

1. First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
2. Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans. [First attested in the late 17th century.]
3. Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal [First attested in the late 18th century.]

Synonyms

• (indigenous to a place): ancient, autochthonous, earliest, endemic, first, indigenous, native, original, primeval, primitive, primordial

Derived terms

• aboriginality
• aboriginally

Related terms

• aborigine

Translations

Noun

aboriginal (plural aboriginals)

1. An animal or plant native to a region. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
2. Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

Usage notes

• Using uncapitalized aboriginal to refer to people or anything associated with people may cause offence.
• In Canada and Australia, style manuals recommend against using the noun Aboriginal for a person or people.
• See also the usage notes under Aboriginal.

Translations

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abo?ixi?nal/, [a.??o.?i.xi?nal]

Noun

aboriginal m or f (plural aboriginales)

1. Aborigine (original inhabitant of Australia)

   Synonym: aborigen