Definitions for elatives

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elatives e·la·tive

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

IPA: /ˈi lə tɪv, ˈɛl ə-/

Elatives is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 348 anagrams from letters in elatives (aeeilstv).

Definitions for elatives

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 elatives

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