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Meaning of "compellative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMPELLATIVE

compellative  [kəmˈpelətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPELLATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Compellative is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMPELLATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of compellative in the English dictionary

The definition of compellative in the dictionary is an appellation.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPELLATIVE


ablative
ˈæblətɪv
accumulative
əˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv
allative
ˈælətɪv
appellative
əˈpɛlətɪv
assimilative
əˈsɪmɪlətɪv
calculative
ˈkælkjʊlətɪv
copulative
ˈkɒpjʊlətɪv
corelative
kəʊˈrelətɪv
correlative
kɒˈrɛlətɪv
cumulative
ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv
elative
ˈiːlətɪv
legislative
ˈlɛdʒɪslətɪv
manipulative
məˈnɪpjʊlətɪv
regulative
ˈrɛɡjʊlətɪv
relative
ˈrɛlətɪv
simulative
ˈsɪmjʊlətɪv
speculative
ˈspɛkjʊlətɪv
stimulative
ˈstɪmjʊlətɪv
superlative
suːˈpɜːlətɪv
violative
ˈvaɪələtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPELLATIVE

compear
compearance
compearant
compeer
compel
compellable
compellably
compellation
compelled
compeller
compelling
compellingly
compend
compendia
compendious
compendiously
compendiousness
compendium
compensability
compensable

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPELLATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
narrative
native
negative
operative
qualitative
quantitative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of compellative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «compellative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMPELLATIVE

Find out the translation of compellative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of compellative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «compellative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

compellative
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

compellative
570 millions of speakers

English

compellative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

compellative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

compellative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

compellative
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

compellative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

compellative
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

compellative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kompilatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

compellative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

compellative
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

compellative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kompak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

compellative
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

compellative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संकोचणीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

compellative
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

compellative
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

compellative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

compellative
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

compellative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

compellative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

compellative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

compellative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

compellative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of compellative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPELLATIVE»

The term «compellative» is used very little and occupies the 161.475 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPELLATIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about compellative

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPELLATIVE»

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Principles of general grammar, adapted to the capacity of ...
... Complement is, " the French language," and the Grammatical Complement is " language." The Compellative,* or that part of speech which denotes the person whom we address may also be Incomplex, as in this example, " Farewell, my ...
Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (baron.), 1834
2
Reading and Speaking: Familiar Talks to Young Men who Would ...
Shall we go hunting or go a-fishing, George? Punctuation: — See rule for Circumstance, page 108. The Compellative standing at the end of a sentence does not materially alter its delivery. If the sentence, without the Compellative, would end ...
Brainard Gardner Smith, 1898
3
Reading and speaking, familiar talks to those who would ...
Shall we go hunting or go a-fishing, George? Punctuation : — See rule for Circumstance, page 108. The Compellative standing at the end of a sentence does not materially alter its delivery. If the sentence, without the Compellative, would end ...
Brainard Gardner Smith, 1898
4
Principles of General Grammar: Adapted to the Capacity of ...
r o j Logical and tive : but the Grammatical Compellative consists nrammntkai Compellative. only of the words which express the principal idea. In the first example, " sovereign" is both the Logical and the Grammatical Compellative ; in the ...
Antoine Isaac Baron Silvestre de Sacy, 1834
5
A Grammar of the Greek Language, Part First: A Practical ...
The primary parts of a sentence are the Compellative (compello, to address), which shows to whom the sentence is addressed, and the Subject and Predicate, which have been already defined 122). The Compellative and Subject, as denoting ...
Alpheus Crosby, 1844
6
Outlines of English grammar
COMPELLATIVE.* 155. A substantive is compellative \compellare, to accost,] when it is used in addressing a person, or thing. 156. The compellative is always of the second person, and in the nominative case. E. g.: " My son, if sinners entice  ...
William George Williams, 1887
7
The Elements of Reading and Oratory
The circumstance is then delivered with the rising slide ; to which the bend, with which the compellative terminates, has a decisive tendency ; as, Who was it, William ? said the unhappy man to his friend. The compellative, however, has no  ...
Henry Mandeville, 1888
8
English Grammar for Common Schools
In imperative sentences the compellative must not be confounded with the subject. The compellative forms no part of either subject or predicate. Lord, help ( thou) us to know thy ways. In this sentence, Lord is the compellative, and thou ...
Robert Comfort Metcalf, Thomas Metcalf, 1894
9
A Comparative Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Language: In which ...
It is in the Gothic (O. H. German '5) and M. H. German. Compare 289, d; 294. Vocarrvn. 289. A compellative is put in the vocative. Ldrebp, sege ponne, Lord, speak then (Luke, vii, 40); ed Id geonga, O young man (Luke, vii, 14); tci 1112 licetere, ...
Francis Andrew March, 1899
10
Class Book of Prose and Poetry: Consisting of Selections ...
The logical compellative is, " men of Athens," containing the simple grammatical compellative men. modified by the exponential adjunct (of) Athens. The compellative, though not repeated, remains the same through the whole paragraph.
Truman Rickard, Hiram Orcutt, 1878

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Compellative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/compellative>. Jun 2026 ».
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