mélioratif
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin melior (whence French meilleur) + -atif, on the model of péjoratif.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mélioratif (feminine méliorative, masculine plural mélioratifs, feminine plural mélioratives)
- meliorative (serving to improve)
- (linguistics, of the use of a word or term) approving, favorable
- Antonyms: péjoratif, dépréciatif
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “mélioratif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.