complétif

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin complētīvus. [1] By surface analysis, compléter +‎ -if.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ple.tif/

Adjective

complétif (feminine complétive, masculine plural complétifs, feminine plural complétives)

  1. (rare) supplementary
    Synonyms: complémentaire, supplémentaire
  2. (grammar, linguistics)
    1. completive, complementary, supplementary
      Antonym: principal
      Hypernym: subordonné
      phrase complétive ― a complementary phrase
      un mot complétif ― a completive term
      une subordonnée complétive introduite par « que » ― a subordinate complement introduced with que
    2. (nominalized in the feminine singular form complétive by ellipsis of proposition complétive or subordonée complétive) completive (a completive clause, a subordinate complement)
      Hypernym: proposition subordonnée
      une complétive d’objet ― a completive object
      Une complétive circonstancielle peut changer du tout au tout le sens d’une phrase donnée.
      A circumstantial complement can entirely change the sense of a given phrase.

See also

References
  1. “complétif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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