释义 |
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024aug•ment•a•tive (ôg men′tə tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - serving to augment.
- Grammarpertaining to or productive of a form denoting increased size or intensity. In Spanish the augmentative suffix -ón is added to a word (as silla "chair'') to indicate increased size, as in sillón "armchair.''
n. - Grammaran augmentative element or formation.
- Middle French
- 1495–1505; augment + -ative; replacing augmentatif
aug•men′ta•tive•ly, adv. |