PARTITIVE

partitive, separative

(adjective) serving to separate or divide into parts; “partitive tendencies in education”; “the uniting influence was stronger than the separative”

partitive

(adjective) indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts; “partitive tendencies in education”

partitive

(adjective) (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole; “a partitive construction”

partitive

(noun) word (such a ‘some’ or ‘less’) that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

partitive (comparative more partitive, superlative most partitive)

That divides something into parts.

Synonym: separative

(grammar) Indicating a part rather than the whole of something.

Noun

partitive (plural partitives)

(grammar) A partitive word, phrase or case.

Source: Wiktionary

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Par"ti*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. partitif.] (Gram.)

Definition: Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.

Par"ti*tive, n. (Gram.)

Definition: A word expressing partition, or denoting a part.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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