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ablative

/ˈæb.lə.tɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.31 in modern English

Syllables
ab-la-tive
IPA
/ˈæb.lə.tɪv/
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement.

adj

Pertaining to taking away or removing.

Archaic

adj

Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying material, as in ablative paints used for antifouling, or ablative heat shields used to protect spacecraft during reentry. .

adj

Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ.

adj

Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier.

noun

The ablative case.

noun

An ablative material.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English ablative, ablatife, ablatyf, ablatif, from Old French ablatif (“the ablative case”), from Latin ablātīvus (“expressing removal”), from ablātus (“taken away”), from auferō (“to take away”). The engineering/nautical sense originates from ablate + -ive.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ablative, ablatif, ablātīvus

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈæb.lə.tɪv/

Usage

Inflected Forms

abl. (alternative) ablatives (plural)

Derived Forms

ablatival ablatively ablativeness ablativity atheroablative cryoablative cytoablative immunoablative locoablative lymphoablative myeloablative neuroablative

Phrases

non-ablative ablative absolute loose ablative partitive ablative partitive dative partitive genitive

Synonyms

ablative case

Questions

How do you pronounce ablative?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæb.lə.tɪv/.
What does ablative mean?
Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement.
Where does ablative come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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