English[]
Etymology[]
French ablatif, ablative, Latin ablativus from ablatus. See ablation.
Pronunciation[]
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Adjective[]
Ablative (not comparable)
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- (obsolete) Taking away or removing
- Quotation
- Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion, ablative directions are found needful to unteach error, ere we can learn truth - Joseph Hall
- Quotation
- (grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in Latin and some other languages, such as Finnish, -- the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away.
- (engineering, nautical) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying, as in ablative paints used for antifouling.
Derived terms[]
- ablativity
Translations[]
obsolete: taking away
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applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language
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Noun[]
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Ablative ({{{1}}})
- (grammar) The ablative case.
Translations[]
(grammar) the ablative case
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Derived terms[]
- ablative absolute
Shorthand[]
- (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified): a - b - l - a - t - v
- (Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - l - a - dev
Italian[]
Adjective[]
ablative f.
- Feminine plural form of ablativo
et:ablative fr:ablative io:ablative it:ablative hu:ablative pl:ablative ru:ablative fi:ablative ta:ablative te:ablative tr:ablative uk:ablative vi:ablative zh:ablative