Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

illative

/ɪˈleɪtɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: illa-tive
IPA: /ɪˈleɪtɪv/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to an illation.

adj

Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something.

noun

A word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as for or therefore).

noun

noun

The illative case, or a word in that case.

Example Sentences

"an illative consequence or proposition"
"an illative conjunction, such as "for" or "therefore""

Etymology

From Late Latin illātīvus (“illative”), from Latin illātus, perfect passive participle of inferō (“carry or bring into somewhere; bury; conclude”), from in + ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *telh₂- (bear), illātīvus, illātus

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɪˈleɪtɪv/

Inflected Forms

illatives (plural)

Derived Forms

illatively

Phrases

illative case short illative

Frequently Paired Words

illation infer inference

Synonyms

inferential

Homonyms

elative

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce illative?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈleɪtɪv/.
What does illative mean?: Of, or relating to an illation.
Where does illative come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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