expletiu

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin explētīvus (“filling out”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əks.pləˈtiw]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [eks.pleˈtiw]
Rhymes: -iw

Adjective

expletiu (feminine expletiva, masculine plural expletius, feminine plural expletives)

(grammar) expletive (performing a syntactic role but contributing nothing to meaning)

Further reading

“expletiu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“expletiu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“expletiu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“expletiu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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