comparatif

Inherited from Old French comparatif, borrowed from Latin comparātīvus, from comparō (“to compare”) +‎ -īvus.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pa.ʁa.tif/

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comparatif (feminine comparative, masculine plural comparatifs, feminine plural comparatives)

1. comparative

   C’est comparatif à un autre. ― It is comparative to another [one].

• avantage comparatif

comparatif m (plural comparatifs)

1. (grammar)

   Coordinate terms: positif, superlatif

   1. comparative (a grammatical structure used to compare or contrast)

      un comparatif de supériorité, le comparatif d’infériorité, et celui d’égalité ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   2. comparative (a word, particularly an adjective or adverb, in comparative form)

      Quatre mots français, dont trois adjectifs et un adverbe, ont un comparatif irrégulier. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• comparable
• comparaison
• comparer

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

• comparatijf, comparatyf, comparatyfe

Borrowed from Old French comparatif, from Latin comparātīvus.

• IPA^(key): /kɔmˌparaˈtiːf/, /kɔmˈparatif/

comparatif

1. (grammar, rare) Of the comparative degree.

• English: comparative

• “comparatī̆f, -ī̆ve, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

comparatif

1. (rare) A peer, equal, or match.

• English: comparative

• “comparatī̆f, -ī̆ve, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Borrowed from Latin comparātīvus.

comparatif oblique singular, m (oblique plural comparatis, nominative singular comparatis, nominative plural comparatif)

1. (grammar) comparative (word in comparative form)

• French: comparatif
• → Middle English: comparatif, comparatijf, comparatyf, comparatyfe
  • English: comparative