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noun (plural: singulatives)
  1. (grammar): a singulative form or construction.
    example: the singulative of cattle is head.
Translations: 
  • French: singulatif
  • Spanish: singulativo
adjective 
  1. (grammar): of or pertaining to a grammatical form or construction that expresses the individuation of a single referent from a collective noun, collective or mass noun; a singular entity as opposed to a collective.
Etymology: From French singulatif < Latin singillatim (singly, one by one) < singulus (single, separate) < simplex (simple, single) < Proto-Indo-European base
  • sem- (one, together).


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