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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GERUNDIVE

From Late Latin gerundīvus, from gerundiumgerund.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GERUNDIVE

gerundive  [dʒɪˈrʌndɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GERUNDIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gerundive can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GERUNDIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gerundive

Gerundive is a term applied to particular verb forms, usually non-finite, occurring in certain languages. It is used particularly with regard to Latin, where it denotes the future passive participle – a verbal-adjectival form such as portandus, meaning " to be carried", in the sense of either futurity or necessity. The Latin gerundive is similar in form to the gerund, which is a different non-finite verb form, serving as a verbal noun. The term gerundive may also be applied in grammatical descriptions of some other languages, where it can denote verbal adjectives, verbal adverbs, or certain finite verb forms. The word comes from Latin gerundīvus, which is from gerundium, derived from gerundus, which is itself the gerundive of gerō.

Definition of gerundive in the English dictionary

The definition of gerundive in the dictionary is an adjective formed from a verb, expressing the desirability of the activity denoted by the verb. Other definition of gerundive is of or relating to the gerund or gerundive.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GERUNDIVE


div
dɪv
tardive
ˈtɑːdɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GERUNDIVE

gerontology
gerontomorphic
gerontophil
gerontophile
gerontophilia
gerontophobe
gerontophobia
geropiga
gerrymander
gerrymanderer
gerrymandering
Gers
Gershwin
gert
gertcha
gerund
Gerunda
gerundial
gerundival
gerundively

WORDS THAT END LIKE GERUNDIVE

Batavian endive
crash dive
crash-dive
dive
endive
high dive
khedive
nose dive
nosedive
postdive
power dive
predive
scuba dive
skydive
stage-dive
swallow dive
swan dive
updive

Synonyms and antonyms of gerundive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gerundive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GERUNDIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

gerundive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gerundio
570 millions of speakers

English

gerundive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gerundive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gerundive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

деепричастие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gerundive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gerundive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

du gérondif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gerundive
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gerundiv
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

動名詞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gerundive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gerundive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

động từ tiến hành cách
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gerundive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Gerundive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fiil sıfatı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gerundivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gerundive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дієприслівник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gerundiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gerundive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gerundiv
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gerundive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gerundive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gerundive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GERUNDIVE»

The term «gerundive» is regularly used and occupies the 108.314 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GERUNDIVE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GERUNDIVE»

Discover the use of gerundive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gerundive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Introduction to Sanskrit
THE GERUNDIVE l • The gerundive is also called the future passive participle. This participle expresses obligation or necessity — what should or ought to be done. The gerundive is formed by adding ya, aniya, or tavya (these are called krtya ...
Thomas Egenes, 2000
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Chomsky: Remarks on Nominalization: Derived and Gerundive ...
In this essay he discusses the major structural differences between "gerunds" ( verbal nouns like in "John being easy to please", or "John interesting the children with his stories") and "derived nominals" (regular nouns like in "the ...
Nadja Jurk, 2002
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Archaic Syntax in Indo-European: The Spread of Transitivity ...
The etymology of the forms in -ndo- The precise etymology of the gerund/ gerundive is not entirely clear. The debate about the formations in -ndo - for which there is no satisfying solution - involves not only the origin and the meaning of the ...
Brigitte Bauer, 2000
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Completely Parsed Cicero: The First Oration of Cicero ...
L1NE 25. sul, gen. of the reflexive pron. se ; in the gerundive-attraction construction with conservaud: ; the gun. case is governed by the prep. causa. Sui conservandi = of saving themselves ; we might have expected sui conservandorum (as ...
LeaAnn A. Osburn, Archibald A. Maclardy, 2004
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A Rapid Sanskrit Method
Lesson 30 THE THREE GERUNDIVES The Sanskrit gerundive, which may be made in the three ways described below, is an adjective, corresponding in meaning to the Latin gerundive, and is to be translated literally by the phrase "to be — ed ...
George L. Hart, 1996
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A Cognitive-Functional Approach to Nominalization in English
By considering the nominal functioning of the downranked atemporal clausal heads in these nominalizations, I will show that each of them constitutes a different subtype of gerundive nominalization. I will start with what are considered to be the ...
Liesbet Heyvaert, 2003
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Studies in Contrastive Linguistics: Proceedings of the 4th ...
The gerundive clauses with SG expressing simultaneity with the main clause have also some points in common with other constructions. In short, gerundive clauses with SG expressing simultaneity, regardless of their basic aspectual type,  ...
Cristina Mourón Figueroa, Teresa Moralejo Gárate, 2006
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Latin for the New Millennium: Level 2: student text
In Latin, there is not only a gerund (which is a verbal noun) but also a gerundive ( which is a verbal adjective). The gerundive has the same appearance as the gerund, but the gerundive has all the forms of the three genders and all the cases , ...
Milena Minkova, 2009
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Latin Alive and Well: An Introductory Text
Gerundives The Gerundive is another name for the Future Passive Participle. The nominative singular forms of the Gerundives of lego, legere, legi, lectum are: legendus,-a,-um. Gerundives are lst-2nd declension Verbal Adjectives that can be ...
Peggy L. Chambers, 2007
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A practical grammar of the English language: or, an ...
GERUNDIVE PHRASES. A gerundive phrase is a single gerundive, or a gerundive and some other part or parts of speech intimately associated with it. GERUNDIVE. (PARTICIPIAL NOUN.) A gerundive is a participle so applied in composition, ...
Edward Hazen, 1842

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GERUNDIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gerundive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Roger Ames speaks at 7th Yan Fu Academic Lecture Series
... yet without the body the heart is nothing but muscle, indicating that life is holistic, processual, relational and gerundive. “Living isn't contained ... «Peking University News, Apr 15»
2
MP Charlotte Leslie: Teach Latin in all schools to bring back English …
... I explored the language and its grammar more deeply, the world of verbal constructions, of the future pluperfect, of the gerund and gerundive, ... «Western Daily Press, Dec 14»
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Aatish Taseer's 'The Way Things Were' is an incomplete search for …
Distance to destination. Destination: gantavya. The place to be gone to. Gerundive of gam, an old Indo-European thread which takes little leaps ... «Scroll.in, Dec 14»
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Book Review: 'Gwynne's Grammar' by NM Gwynne & 'The Sense of …
Ask me the meaning of the genitive, the ablative or the gerundive and I would probably reply that it is not nice to mix with Mr. Inbetween. «Wall Street Journal, Sep 14»
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Fools! Latin isn't dead – it speaks for itself
Children actually like the exotic but still familiar language scattered through the Harry Potter books, not least that very tricky gerundive in the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
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Lit-urday: The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing: Mira Jacob's novel …
Constructing a title by filling in the blanks for “the [noun]'s guide to [gerundive]” is hopelessly played out and should be discouraged by any ... «Austin Chronicle, Aug 14»
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Referenda or referendums? They're both right
Referendum is, in Latin, a rather odd word: the neuter singular of the gerundive, which is a verbal adjective. So referenda is, strictly speaking, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
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Commas and colons: without them, we're sunk
... far too obscure, when you end up asking things such as which girls' names are the nominative female singular of a Latin gerundive (Amanda, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 14»
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To be topp at lat., throw your Cambridge Latin Course away
... and adjectives before moving on to the tricky stuff, including those tremendous, not so scary creatures, the gerund and the gerundive. It would ... «Spectator.co.uk, Apr 14»
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Grammar 4eva: Has 'techspeak' made time-honoured language …
... and are thus a complete waste of time, unless you think it's critically important for students to know what a gerundive is,” he said, adding that ... «National Post, Mar 14»

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