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inflative

/ɪnˈfleɪtɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-fla-tive
IPA
/ɪnˈfleɪtɪv/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of an inflating quality or tendency.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English inflātīve (“causing swelling; producing wind”), from Medieval Latin īnflātīvus, from īnflō (“to inflate; to blow into”). Compare the obsolete French adjective inflatif, inflative.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: inflative, īnflātīvus

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ɪnˈfleɪtɪv/

Usage

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce inflative?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈfleɪtɪv/.
What does inflative mean?
Of an inflating quality or tendency.
Where does inflative come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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