Definitions For Denominative

Noun

DENOMINATIVE (plural DENOMINATIVEs) A word, often a verb, that is derived from a noun or adjective.

Synonyms

denominal

Translations

Czech: denominativum, n Finnish: denominaali, nominijohdannainen French: dénominal, m Italian: denominale, m, denominativo, m Spanish: denominativo, m

References

Adjective

(not comparable) Being a name. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable. (grammar) Deriving from a noun, or from an adjective, such as the verb destruct from the noun destruction.

Synonyms

grammar denominal

Translations

{{trans-top-see, deriving from a noun, denominal}} Catalan: denominatiu Finnish: denominaalinen, nominikantainen French: dénominal Greek: μετονοματικός Italian: denominale, denominativo Spanish: denominativo Bulgarian: нарицателен Russian: нарица́тельный, m

Etymology

From {{bor, en, LL., dēnōminātīvus}}, a calque of {{der, en, grc, παρώνυμος, t=derivative}}. It originally had the meaning “derived”,{{R:OED Online, title=denominative, code=50001, part of speech=adj. and n, date=November 2016}} but in its grammatical sense, it has developed the meaning “from a noun”, perhaps a reinterpretation of the Latin morphemes that it consists of: the preposition dē, t=from and the stem of nōmen, t=name, noun.

See also

deadjective, denominal, desubstantive, deverbal, deverbative