translative

[ trans-ley-tiv, tranz-, trans-ley-, tranz- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the transfer of something from one person, position, or place to another.
2. of translation; serving to translate.
3. Grammar. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate a change from one state into another.

noun

1. the translative case.

Word History and Origins

Origin of translative¹

1580–90; < Latin trānslātīvus, equivalent to trānslāt ( us ) ( translate ) + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

These movements are produced by three sorts of action: Sectional action, rotary action and translative action.

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