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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trans•la•tive (trans lā′tiv, tranz-, trans′lā-, tranz′-),USA pronunciation adj. - of or pertaining to the transfer of something from one person, position, or place to another.
- of translation;
serving to translate. - [Gram.]noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate a change from one state into another.
n. - the translative case.
- Latin trānslātīvus, equivalent. to trānslāt(us) (see translate) + -īvus -ive
- 1580–90
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