ALL meanings of augmentative
aug·ment·a·tive
A a - adjective augmentative tending or able to augment 3
- adjective augmentative denoting an affix that may be added to a word to convey the meaning large or great; for example, the suffix -ote in Spanish, where hombre means man and hombrote big man 3
- adjective augmentative denoting a word formed by the addition of an augmentative affix 3
- noun augmentative an augmentative word or affix 3
- adjective augmentative augmenting or capable of augmenting 3
- adjective augmentative increasing the force of an idea expressed by a word or denoting increased size, intensity, etc. 3
- noun augmentative an augmentative affix, word, etc. (Ex.: per- in perdurable, up in eat up) 3
- adjective augmentative tending to augment, increase 1
- noun augmentative (of an affix or derived word) reinforcing the idea of the original word, especially by meaning ‘a large —,’ as with the Italian suffix -one in borrone ‘ravine,’ compared with borro ‘ditch.’. 1
- adjective augmentative serving to augment. 1
- adjective augmentative Grammar. pertaining to or productive of a form denoting increased size or intensity. In Spanish the augmentative suffix -ón is added to a word (as silla “chair”) to indicate increased size, as in sillón “armchair.”. 1
- noun augmentative Grammar. an augmentative element or formation. 1
- noun augmentative (grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority. 0
- adjective augmentative Growing, enlarging, increasing. 0