agglutinate

English

Etymology

From Latin agglutinatus, past participle of agglutinare, adglutinare (to glue or cement to a thing), from ad (to) + glutinare (to glue), from gluten (paste, glue).

Pronunciation

  • (adjective, noun) IPA(key): /əˈɡluːtɪnət/
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  • (verb) IPA(key): /əˈɡluːtɪneɪt/
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Adjective

agglutinate

  1. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
  2. (linguistics) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning
    an agglutinate language
    an agglutinate family of languages

Translations

Verb

agglutinate (third-person singular simple present agglutinates, present participle agglutinating, simple past and past participle agglutinated)

  1. (transitive) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
  2. (linguistics) To form through agglutination.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

agglutinate (countable and uncountable, plural agglutinates)

  1. (countable) A clump of agglutinated material.
    In some soils, agglutinates are a major constituent.
  2. (uncountable) Agglutinated material.
    The formation of agglutinate is more abundant in mature regolith.

References

Italian

Verb

agglutinate

  1. inflection of agglutinare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

agglutinate f pl

  1. feminine plural of agglutinato

Latin

Verb

agglūtināte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of agglūtinō
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