Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to copulation.
- not comparablegrammarThat acts as a copula.
- not comparablegrammarThat connects the subject of a clause with its complement.
plural copulatives
- obsoleteA connection.
They understand Polygamie to be a Conjunction of divers Copulatives in number, which is not understood till a person proceeds unto a fourth Wife, which makes more than one Copulative in the rule of Marriage.
1679, Paul Rycaut, The present state of the Greek and Armenian churches - grammarA copulative conjunction.
In Polysyndeton conjunctions flow, And every word its copulative will shew.
1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Copulative.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 53
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesyntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence
nounan equating verb (such as ‘be’ or ‘become’) that links the subject with the complement of a sentence
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincopulativus
- Englishcopulative
From Latin copulativus.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto koita
- koitaof or pertaining to copulation
Hungarian kopulatív, kapcsoló-
- kopulatív(grammar) that acts as a copula
- kapcsoló-(grammar) that acts as a copula
Polish kopulacyjny, łączący
- kopulacyjnyof or pertaining to copulation
- łączący(grammar) that acts as a copula
- łączący(grammar) that connects the subject of a clause with its complement
Russian копуляти́вный
- копуляти́вный (kopuljatívnyj)of or pertaining to copulation
Slovak kopulačný
- kopulačnýof or pertaining to copulation
Cite this entry
copulative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copulative
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