Definitions for elative

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elative e·la·tive

Spelling: [ee-luh-tiv, el-uh-]

IPA: /ˈi lə tɪv, ˈɛl ə-/

Elative is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 154 anagrams from letters in elative (aeeiltv).

Definitions for elative

noun

1. an elative case.
2. an adjectival form, as in Arabic, denoting intensity or superiority, approximately equivalent to the comparative and superlative of other languages.

adjective

1. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose function is to indicate motion out of or away from.

Origin of elative

1585-95; Latin ēlāt(us) (see elate) + -ive