Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elative case

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: el-a-tive -case
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The case used to indicate movement out of something; for example, out of the house. Some languages that make use of the elative are Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian.

Inflected Forms

elative cases (plural)

Questions

What does elative case mean?: The case used to indicate movement out of something; for example, out of the house. Some languages that make use of the elative are Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian.

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