The relative pronoun 'that' has two states, a nominative case and objective case, but there is no possessive case.
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Possessive
//pəˈzɛs.ɪv//
Synonyms for "possessive" (53 found)
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Related words (26)
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4 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κτητικός adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Arabic
2 entries- تَمَلُكِي adj (pertaining to possession)
- صِيغَةُ اْلتَمَلُكِ adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Belarusian
1 entries- прынале́жны adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Bulgarian
2 entries- притежателен adj (grammar: indicating possession)
- собственически adj (pertaining to possession)
Catalan
3 entries- possessiu adj (pertaining to possession)
- possessiu adj (grammar: indicating possession)
- possessiu adj (unwilling to yield possession of)
Czech
1 entries- přivlastňovací adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Dutch
3 entries- bezittelijk adj (pertaining to possession)
- bezittelijk adj (grammar: indicating possession)
- bezitterig adj (unwilling to yield possession of)
Esperanto
1 entries- posesiva adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Finnish
4 entries- omistus adj (pertaining to possession)
- omistus adj (grammar: indicating possession)
- omistushaluinen adj (unwilling to yield possession of)
- omiva adj (unwilling to yield possession of)
French
2 entries- possessif adj (pertaining to possession)
- possessif adj (grammar: indicating possession)
German
2 entries- besitzanzeigend adj (grammar: indicating possession)
- possessiv adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Greek
2 entries- κτητικός adj (pertaining to possession)
- κτητικός adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Hungarian
1 entries- birtokos adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Indonesian
1 entries- posesif adj (unwilling to yield possession of)
Irish
2 entries- gabhálach adj (unwilling to yield possession of)
- sealbhach adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Māori
3 entries- kupu whiwhinga noun (a word that indicates possession or the possessive case)
- pūriro noun (a word that indicates possession or the possessive case)
- rirohanga noun (a word that indicates possession or the possessive case)
Norman
1 entries- possessif adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Old English
1 entries- ġeāgniġendlīċ adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Polish
2 entries- dzierżawczy adj (grammar: indicating possession)
- zaborczy adj (unwilling to yield possession of)
Portuguese
2 entries- possessivo adj (grammar: indicating possession)
- possessivo adj (unwilling to yield possession of)
Russian
2 entries- поссесси́вный adj (grammar: indicating possession)
- притяжа́тельный adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- seilbheach adj (pertaining to possession)
- seilbheach adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Spanish
4 entries- celoso adj (unwilling to yield possession of)
- posesivo adj (pertaining to possession)
- posesivo adj (grammar: indicating possession)
- posesivo adj (unwilling to yield possession of)
Swedish
1 entries- possessiv adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Turkish
3 entries- aitlik adj (grammar: indicating possession)
- iyelik adj (grammar: indicating possession)
- sahiplik adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Ukrainian
1 entries- присві́йний adj (grammar: indicating possession)
Welsh
3 entries- meddiangar adj (unwilling to yield possession of)
- meddiannol adj (grammar: indicating possession)
- meddiannol adj (unwilling to yield possession of)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Tom is possessive.
Source: tatoeba (2236820)
She's jealous and possessive.
Source: tatoeba (2478888)
My boyfriend is possessive.
Source: tatoeba (2478891)
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