agentive

English

Etymology

agent +‎ -ive

Adjective

agentive (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Indicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
2. (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical agent that performs the action of the verb.

Derived terms

• agentively
• agentive nominalisation
• agentive nominalization
• agentivity
• nonagentive

 

Translations

indicating an agent

• Finnish: agentiivinen
• French: agentif (fr)
• Portuguese: agentivo

Noun

agentive (plural agentives)

1. (linguistics) A word having an agentive construction.

Translations

word

• Finnish: agentiivi
• French: agentif (fr) m

See also

• patientive

Anagrams

• gate vein, negative, veganite

Italian

Adjective

agentive f

1. feminine plural of agentivo

Anagrams

• negatevi, negative, vengiate