abstractif

French

Adjective

abstractif (feminine singular abstractive, masculine plural abstractifs, feminine plural abstractives)

abstractive

Derived terms

abstractivement

Middle English

Alternative forms

abstractyve

Etymology

From Latin abstractivus, from abstractus (“drawn away”) + -īvus; equivalent to abstract +‎ -if.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /abˈstraktiːf/, /abˈstraktiv/

Adjective

abstractif

(grammar, of nouns) Denoting a quality or state that is not concrete; abstract.

Descendants

English: abstractive

References

“abstractī̆f (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-24.

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