different between transitive vs reflexive

English

Etymology

From Latin tr?nsit?vus, from tr?nsitus, from tr?ns (“across”) + itus, from e? (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tr?n'z?t?v, IPA^(key): /?t?ænz?t?v/

Adjective

transitive (not comparable)

1. Making a transit or passage.
2. Affected by transference of signification.
3. (grammar, of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects.

   Antonym: intransitive
4. (set theory, of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element x is related to y and y is related to z, then x is necessarily related to z.

   Antonyms: intransitive, nontransitive

5. (algebra, of a group action) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.
6. (graph theory, of a graph) Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• reflexive
• symmetric

References

• transitive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• revisitant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???.zi.tiv/
• Rhymes: -iv
• Homophone: transitives

Adjective

transitive

1. feminine singular of transitif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

transitive

1. inflection of transitiv:
   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

Adjective

transitive

1. feminine plural of transitivo

Anagrams

• intervista, intestarvi, intraviste, rinvestita, rinvitaste, strinatevi, vetrinista

Latin

Adjective

tr?nsit?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of tr?nsit?vus

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin reflex?vus, from Latin reflexus.

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?fl?k's?v, IPA^(key): /???fl?ks?v/

Adjective

reflexive (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
2. (set theory) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself).

3. Of or resulting from a reflex.

4. (figuratively) Producing immediate response, spontaneous.

5. Synonym of reflective

Antonyms

• irreflexive, non-reflexive, nonreflexive

Derived terms

• reflexive verb
• reflexive pronoun
• reflexivity

Related terms

• (set theory): symmetric
• (set theory): transitive
• irreflexive

Translations

Noun

reflexive (plural reflexives)

1. (grammar) A reflexive pronoun.
2. (grammar) A reflexive verb.

Translations

See also

• (verb): active, passive, neuter, transitive, intransitive

Further reading

• reflexive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Reflexive pronoun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Reflexive verb on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

reflexive

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

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

reflex?v? (not comparable)

1. reflexively

Etymology 2

Adjective

reflex?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of reflex?vus