agglutinate

English

Etymology

From Latin agglutinatus, past participle of agglutinare, adglutinare (to glue or cement to a thing), from ad (to) + glutinare (to glue), from gluten (paste, glue).

Adjective

agglutinate

  1. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
  2. (linguistics) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning
    an agglutinate language
    an agglutinate family of languages

Translations

Verb

agglutinate (third-person singular simple present agglutinates, present participle agglutinating, simple past and past participle agglutinated)

  1. (transitive) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
  2. (linguistics) To form through agglutination.

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Italian

Verb

agglutinate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of agglutinare
  2. second-person plural imperative of agglutinare
  3. feminine plural of agglutinato

Latin

Verb

agglūtināte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of agglūtinō
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