causative

English

Etymology

From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus (“causative, pertaining to a lawsuit, accusative”), from causa (“to cause”); see cause (verb) and -ive.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːzətɪv/

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• (General American) enPR: kôʹzə-tĭv, IPA^(key): /ˈkɔzətɪv/, [ˈkɔ.zə.ɾɪv]
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑzətɪv/, [ˈkɑ.zə.ɾɪv]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːzətɪv/, [ˈkoː.zə.ɾɪv]
• Rhymes: -ɔːzətɪv
• Hyphenation (UK): caus‧at‧ive, (US): caus‧a‧tive

Adjective

causative (not comparable)

1. Acting as a cause.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:

     Causative in nature of a number of effects.

2. Involving, or affected by, causality.

   Such statistical analysis can establish correlation but cannot tell us whether the correlation is proximally causative, distally causative, or noncausative.

3. (linguistics) Expressing a cause or causation.

   The ablative is a causative case.

Antonyms

• noncausative

Translations

acting as a cause

• Finnish: aiheuttava (fi)
• Hungarian: okozó (hu), előidéző (hu), eredményező (hu), okot képező
• Ido: kauzala (io)
• Korean: 원인이 되는 (wonini doeneun)
• Spanish: causativo (es)

linguistics: expressing cause or causation

• Armenian: պատճառական (hy) (patčaṙakan)
• Finnish: kausatiivinen (fi)
• French: causatif (fr)
• Hungarian: műveltető (hu)
• Ido: kauziganta (io)
• Japanese: 使役 (ja) (shieki)
• Korean: 사역 (ko) (sayeok)
• Welsh: achosol

See also

• curative

Noun

causative (plural causatives)

1. (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).

Hypernyms

• verb

Translations

linguistics

• Aragonese: causetivo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使役 (zh) (shǐyì)

• Finnish: kausatiivi (fi)
• French: causatif (fr) m, factitif (fr) m
• German: Kausativ (de) n
• Greek: αίτιος (el) m (aítios)
• Hungarian: műveltetés
• Icelandic: orsakasögn f
• Japanese: 使役 (ja) (しえき, shieki)
• Korean: 사동 (ko) (sadong)
• Russian: побуди́тельный зало́г m (pobudítelʹnyj zalóg), понуди́тельный зало́г m (ponudítelʹnyj zalóg), каузати́вный зало́г m (kauzatívnyj zalóg), каузати́в (ru) m (kauzatív)
• Swedish: kausativ (sv)
• Turkish: faktitif (tr)
• Volapük: jenükamavärb
• Welsh: achosair m

Further reading

• “causative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “causative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.za.tiv/

Adjective

causative

1. feminine singular of causatif

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaw.zaˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: cau‧sa‧tì‧ve

Adjective

causative

1. feminine plural of causativo

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