Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collative

/kəˈleɪtɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: colla-tive
IPA: /kəˈleɪtɪv/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the power of conferring.

adj

In which the ordinary (or bishop) is the same person as the patron.

Etymology

From the Latin collātīvus (“brought together, collected, joint”). Compare the French collatif.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /kəˈleɪtɪv/

Inflected Forms

collatiue (alternative)

Rhymes With

native creative non-native dative uncreative stative optative rotative elative illative translative mutative

Questions

How do you pronounce collative?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈleɪtɪv/.
What does collative mean?: Having the power of conferring.
Where does collative come from?: From the Latin collātīvus (“brought together, collected, joint”). Compare the French collatif.

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