Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regulative

/ɹˈɛɡjəlˌeɪtɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables: reg-u-la-tive
IPA: /ɹˈɛɡjəlˌeɪtɪv/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to regulation; having a regulatory function.

Example Sentences

"Interpreting Marx as they did, they expected a long period of capitalist conditions and regarded socialism either as a distant prospect with little practical meaning at the present time, or as a regulative moral norm."

Etymology

Etymology tree English regulate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English regulative From regulate + -ive.

Derived Forms

autoregulative counterregulative immunoregulative osmoregulative photoregulative thermoregulative unregulative upregulative

Synonyms

regulatory

Questions

How do you pronounce regulative?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈɛɡjəlˌeɪtɪv/.
What does regulative mean?: Of or relating to regulation; having a regulatory function.
Where does regulative come from?: Etymology tree English regulate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English regulative From regulate + -ive.

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