pejoratiu
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French péjorative (“depreciative, disparaging”), from Late Latin peiōrātus, perfect passive participle of Latin peiōrō (“make worse”), from peior (“worse”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
pejoratiu (feminine pejorativa, masculine plural pejoratius, feminine plural pejoratives)
- pejorative, derogatory
- Synonym: despectiu
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pejoratiu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pejoratiu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “pejoratiu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pejoratiu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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