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PRONUNCIATION OF PREFORMATIVE

preformative  [priːˈfɔːmətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREFORMATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Preformative 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 PREFORMATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prefix

A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word. Adding it to the beginning of one word changes it into another word. For example, when the prefix un- is added to the word happy, it creates the word unhappy. Particularly in the study of languages, a prefix is also called a preformative, because it alters the form of the words to which it is affixed. Prefixes, like other affixes, can be either inflectional, changing the syntactic category, or derivational, changing either the lexical category or the semantic meaning. In English, there are no inflectional prefixes. Prefixes, like all other affixes, are bound morphemes. The word prefix is itself made up of the stem fix, and the prefix pre-, both of which are derived from Latin roots.

Definition of preformative in the English dictionary

The definition of preformative in the dictionary is a prefixture in Semitic languages.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREFORMATIVE


affirmative
əˈfɜːmətɪv
amalgamative
əˈmælɡəmətɪv
amative
ˈæmətɪv
calmative
ˈkælmətɪv
confirmative
kənˈfɜːmətɪv
consummative
kənˈsʌmətɪv
deformative
dɪˈfɔːmətɪv
desquamative
dɪˈskwæmətɪv
estimative
ˈestɪmətɪv
exclamative
ɪksˈklæmətɪv
formative
ˈfɔːmətɪv
gemmative
ˈdʒɛmətɪv
informative
ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv
nonnormative
ˌnɒnˈnɔːmətɪv
normative
ˈnɔːmətɪv
performative
pəˈfɔːmətɪv
reformative
rɪˈfɔːmətɪv
summative
ˈsʌmətɪv
transformative
trænsˈfɔːmətɪv
uninformative
ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːmətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREFORMATIVE

prefixed
prefixion
prefixture
preflame
preflight
prefloration
prefocus
prefoliation
preform
preformat
preformation
preformationism
preformationist
preformulate
prefreeze
prefreshman
prefrontal
prefrontal leucotomy
prefulgent
prefund

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREFORMATIVE

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

Synonyms and antonyms of preformative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «preformative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREFORMATIVE

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

Translator English - Chinese

preformative
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

preformativa
570 millions of speakers

English

preformative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

preformative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

preformative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

словообразующий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

preformative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

preformative
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

preformative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Preformative
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

preformative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

preformative
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

preformative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Preformative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

preformative
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

preformative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Preformative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

preformative
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

preformative
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

preformative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

словообразующій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

preformative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

preformative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

preformative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

preformative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

preformative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of preformative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREFORMATIVE»

The term «preformative» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.156 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of preformative
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREFORMATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «preformative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «preformative» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREFORMATIVE»

Discover the use of preformative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to preformative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Neighborhood and Ancestry: Variation in the Spoken Arabic of ...
(11) n-u-ktubu ~ n-a-ktubu 'we write', t-u-ktub ~ t-a-ktub 'you m write' The preformative vowel with two possible values appears only after persons marked with t- and n-, i.e. second person (sg and p1), 3fsg and lpl, and, where the variant n- is ...
Jonathan Owens, 1998
2
Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting: A Comparative Survey of ...
Types formed by means of preformatives, 53. lxvii) Preformative /'-/, 53. lxviii) Preformative /b-/, 54. Ixix) Preforma- tive /h-/, 54. lxx) Preformative /hin-/, 54. lxxi) Preformative /hiJt-/, 54. Ixxii) Preformative /hit-/, 54. lxxiii) Preformative /y-/, 55. lxxiv) ...
A. Murtonen, 1990
3
Molt in North American Birds
In its preformative molt, the Pyrrhuloxia (here a first-cycle male, with a small and relatively dull bill) replaces flight feathers in an eccentric pattern, whereas the closely related Northern Cardinal replaces flight feathers in a “typical” sequence.
Steve N. G. Howell, 2010
4
Tiberian Hebrew Phonology: Focussing on Consonant Clusters
Gesenius notes that verbs with y as preformative have an / below the preformative, whilst the others take e , and - like Jouon and Muraoka - he explains the retention of / as a consequence of the v (1910:211, §75p). Gesenius does not refer to ...
Andries W. Coetzee, 1999
5
The Isizulu: A grammar of the Zulu language; accompanied ...
These different kinds may be denominated, according to their office, the Preformative, the Simple, the Conjunctive, the Definitive, the Possessive, and the Reflective. § 159. A. The preformative pronoun is of a fragmentary genitival character. (a.) ...
Lewis Grout, 1859
6
Adjustment of the Preformative Molt in the Lesser Goldfinch ...
Passerines exhibit a nonrecurring molt in their first year termed a preformative molt.
William Lloyd Rockey, 2013
7
Early Semitic: A Diachronical Inquiry Into the Relationship ...
means of Wrf-preformative, which again may be different from the .tf-preformative in South Arabic, cf. above. In addition, there is a peculiar formation from quadriliteral roots, almost exclusively of those consisting of repeated biradical original ...
A. Murtonen, 1967
8
Handbook of Biblical Hebrew
Is there a shewa under the preformative? This is often a better indicator of the D than the gemination of the middle radical, see §§28.21, .22. However, beware of pronominal suffixes which may pull the accent to the end of the word, leaving a ...
William S. LaSor, 1989
9
Language System, Translation Technique, and Textual ...
Janet W. Dyk, Percy.S.F. van Keulen. 2.2.2.2. Preformative When a form has a ' preformative' and a 'verbal ending' and no 'nominal ending', it is analysed as an imperfect. To the information presented above, the values in table 3.12 are added .
Janet W. Dyk, Percy.S.F. van Keulen, 2013
10
Ras Shamra Parallels: The Texts from Ugarit and the Hebrew Bible
Gp Qal passive verbal stem; passive of the ground stem. Gt Qal verbal stem plus infixed —t—. A Aphel verbal stem; stem with preformative vowel. N Niphal verbal stem; stem with preformative n. D Piel verbal stem; stem with doubled second ...
Stan Rummel, 1981

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREFORMATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term preformative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Objectification & Pornography
There are still valid concerns to be had about the preformative aspect of mental actions ('dance monkey dance' is obviously objectifying in any ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Jun 15»
2
The lost world of Hisar's Mohenjo-daro
The ASI has got carbon dating done of mounds 1, 2 and 6, which establishes the preformative age of 5,640 years Before Present (BP), and ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Apr 15»
3
A Reminder To Tolkien Fans Of Their First Love
"I've already read it aloud to my sons, and it's fantastic, but while this has all of kind of preformative appeal — and Gollum is not too scary, but ... «NPR, Oct 12»
4
Counterterrorism in Indonesia is a triumph?
... a whole and interconnected action against terrorist groups at all stages of development, from the preformative to the post-destruction phase. «Jakarta Post, May 12»
5
Students' functional wall design selected for show by online voters
“Bi-Polar” is a preformative wall that collects and processes rainwater through a network of eight-inch bladders using filtration and ultraviolet ... «Texas A&M University, Feb 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Preformative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/preformative>. Apr 2024 ».
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