accusative
Meaning of accusative
adjective
(in Latin, Greek, German, and some other languages) denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives which expresses the object of an action or the goal of motion.
noun
a word in the accusative case.
late Middle English: from Latin ( casus) accusativus, literally ‘relating to an accusation or (legal) case’, translating Greek (ptōsis) aitiatikē ‘(the case) showing cause’.
Information about accusative
Hyphenation of accusative
ac-cu-sa-tive
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- accusative is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
accusative synonyms
Meaning accusatory:
accusatory, accusing, accusive
Meaning objective:
Translation of accusative
- German: Akkusativ
- French: accusatif
- Italian: accusativo
Words that rhyme with accusative
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