contrastive

English

Etymology

contrast +‎ -ive

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /kənˈtɹɑː.stɪv/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kənˈtɹæs.tɪv/, /ˈkɑntɹæs.tɪv/

Adjective

contrastive (comparative more contrastive, superlative most contrastive)

  1. Contrasting.
    • 1965 June 4, Shigeyuki Kuroda, “Generative grammatical studies in the Japanese language”, in DSpace@MIT‎, retrieved 2014-02-24:
      This thesis is an attempt to apply the theory of transformational grammar to the Japanese language. […] Comparison of the structure of Japanese and English is also our concern, whenever possible, and it is seen that the transformational theory is helpful in such contrastive studies.
    • 1985, David-Hillel Ruben, The Metaphysics of the Social World, page 141:
      Consider the first, allegedly contrastive fact, that there were some bank robbings by Sutton rather than no robbings at all by Sutton.
    • 2008, Alexandra Aikhenvald, The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea, →ISBN, page 1:
      Vowel length is contrastive.

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Italian

Adjective

contrastive

  1. feminine plural of contrastivo

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