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/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (verb) IPA(key): /əˈɡluːtɪneɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective
agglutinate
- United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
- (linguistics) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning
- an agglutinate language
- an agglutinate family of languages
Translations
united with or as with glue
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linguistics: consisting of root words combined with affixes
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Verb
agglutinate (third-person singular simple present agglutinates, present participle agglutinating, simple past and past participle agglutinated)
- (transitive) To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.
- (linguistics) To form through agglutination.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to unite with or as with glue
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linguistics: to form through agglutination
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Noun
agglutinate (countable and uncountable, plural agglutinates)
- (countable) A clump of agglutinated material.
- In some soils, agglutinates are a major constituent.
- (uncountable) Agglutinated material.
- The formation of agglutinate is more abundant in mature regolith.
References
- “agglutinate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “agglutinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “agglutinate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Italian
Verb
agglutinate
- inflection of agglutinare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Latin
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