agentive

English

Etymology

agent +‎ -ive

Adjective

agentive (not comparable)

(grammar) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.

Derived terms

Translations

indicating an agent

Finnish: agentiivinen
French: agentif (fr)
Portuguese: agentivo

Noun

agentive (plural agentives)

(linguistics) A word having an agentive construction.

Translations

word

Finnish: agentiivi
French: agentif (fr) m

See also

patientive

Anagrams

gate vein, negative, veganite

Italian

Adjective

agentive f

feminine plural of agentivo

Anagrams

negatevi, negative, vengiate

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