augmentative in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for augmentative in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.augmentative [Brit ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv, Am ɔɡˈmɛn(t)ədɪv] ADJ LING

augmentative

accrescitivo

II.augmentative [Brit ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv, Am ɔɡˈmɛn(t)ədɪv] N LING

augmentative

accrescitivo m

Translations for augmentative in the Italian»English Dictionary

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accrescitivo

augmentative

suffisso diminutivo, accrescitivo

diminutive, augmentative suffix

augmentative in the PONS Dictionary

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accrescitivo (-a)

augmentative

accrescitivo

augmentative

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English

There are numerous productive suffixes for diminutive, augmentative, pejorative, attenuating etc., which are also used to create neologisms.

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The word "fasi" before a noun or adjective is augmentative; after it is superlative.

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Most nouns and many adjectives can take diminutive or augmentative derivational suffixes, and most adjectives can take a so-called superlative derivational suffix.

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For an augmentative expression, both in a positive or negative sense, "helvetin" can be prefixed into an adjective, e.g. "helvetin hyv" hellishly good.

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