copulative

English

Etymology

Latin copulativus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒpjʊlətɪv/

Adjective

copulative (not comparable)

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

Translations

of or pertaining to copulation

• Esperanto: koita
• Russian: копуляти́вный (ru) m (kopuljatívnyj)
• Slovak: kopulačný

(grammar) that acts as a copula

• Hungarian: kopulatív, kapcsoló- (hu)

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

Noun

copulative (plural copulatives)

1. (obsolete) connection
   • 1679, Paul Rycaut, The present state of the Greek and Armenian churches:

     They understand Polygamie to be a Conjunction of divers Copulatives in number, which is not understood till a person proceeds unto a fourth Wife, which makes more than one Copulative in the rule of Marriage.

2. (grammar) A copulative conjunction.
   • 1835, L[arret] Langley, A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster: Printed by C. White, Baxter-Gate, →OCLC, page 53:

     In Polysyndeton conjunctions flow,
     And every word its copulative will shew.

See also

• catenative

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

copulative

1. feminine singular of copulatif

Italian

Adjective

copulative

1. feminine plural of copulativo