释义 |
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024par•ti•tive (pär′ti tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - serving to divide into parts.
- Grammarnoting part of a whole:the Latin partitive genitive.
n. - Grammara partitive word or formation, as of the men in half of the men.
- Medieval Latin partītīvus divisive, equivalent. to Latin partīt(us), past participle of partīrī to divide (see party) + -īvus -ive
- 1510–20
par′ti•tive•ly, adv. |