ornative

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/ˈɔː(ɹ)nətɪv/

noun

A noun case that means "endowed with" or "supplied with".

OriginLatin ornō →
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Meanings

nounornative (plural ornatives)

plural ornatives

  1. grammarA noun case that means "endowed with" or "supplied with".

    The languages are ordered according to increasing number of sentences in which a comitative-like construction represents the ornative.

    2008, Thomas Stolz, Sonja Kettler, Cornelia Stroh, Aina Urdze, Split Possession: An areal-linguistic study of the alienability correlation and related phenomena in the languages of Europe, John Benjamins Publishing, page 412
adjectiveornative (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegrammarBelonging or relating to such a case.

Origin

  1. Latinornō“to equip, adorn”
  2. Englishornative

From Latin ornō (“to equip, adorn”).

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Translations

Finnish ornatiivi, ornatiivinen
  • ornatiiviNoun case
  • ornatiivinenBelonging or relating to the ornative case

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

orvietanantvireo
Cite this entry
APA

ornative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornative

MLA

“ornative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornative. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ornative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornative.

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