Dictionary

preformative en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /priˈfoɹmətɪv/

Etymology

From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before; physically in front of’) + formative, modelled after Late Latin praeformativus (originally used in relation to the grammar of Semitic languages).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to preformation.
2. (not-comparable) Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later.
3. (in Semitic languages, not-comparable) of a letter, syllable, etc.: attached to the beginning of a word as a formative element.

Translations (1)

de präformativ (of a letter, syllable, etc.: attached to the beginning of a word as a formative element)

preformative en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /priˈfoɹmətɪv/

Etymology

From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before; physically in front of’) + formative, modelled after Late Latin praeformativus (originally used in relation to the grammar of Semitic languages).

Meanings

1. (in Semitic languages) a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word.
   • Ch. a prefix prep. as in Hebrew, the sign of the dative; also of the genitive and accusative; and as a conj. before the future, which then rejects the preformative, that 1828, Moses Stuart, A Grammar of the Hebrew Language:

Forms

Coordinates

afformative

Relateds

preforming

Synonyms

preformant

Translations (4)

la praeformativus (formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word) · es preformativo (formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word) · de Präformativum (formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word) · de Präformativ (formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word)

preformative en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

In many cases merely a typo; less commonly, sometimes due to a misapprehension of morphology.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of performative.
   alt of performative

Forms

Relateds

preform · preformance