copulative

English

Etymology

Latin copulativus

Adjective

copulative (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to copulation.
(grammar) That acts as a copula.
(grammar) That connects the subject of a clause with its complement.

Translations

of or pertaining to copulation

Russian: копуляти́вный (ru) m (kopuljatívnyj)

(grammar) that acts as a copula

(grammar) that connects the subject of a clause with its complement

Noun

copulative (plural copulatives)

(obsolete) connection
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(grammar) A copulative conjunction.

French

Adjective

copulative

feminine singular of copulatif

Italian

Adjective

copulative

feminine plural of copulativo

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