Agglutinative
/əˈɡluːtɪnətɪv/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sticky material; an adhesive.
- 2 A word formed from the combination of parts, each with a separate meaning.
Adjective
- 1 Sticky, tacky, adhesive.
- 2 Having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning.
Adjective
- 1 united as if by glue wordnet
- 2 forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning wordnet
Example
More examples"Esperanto is an agglutinative language."
Etymology
From agglutinate + -ive.