possessive

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

1. Of or pertaining to ownership or possession.
2. Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc.
3. Unwilling to yield possession of.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The possessive case.
2. (countable, uncountable) A word used to indicate the possessive case.

Concetti

possessivo

genitivo

possessiva

captativo

sinonimi

genitive

benefactive

infinitive

stingy

reluctant

possessive case

genitive case

be possessive

Scrooge

possessively

as

maintaining

persevering

acquisitive

possessiveness

proprietary

stingy person

Traduzioni

possessif

posesivo

possessiu

κτητικός

possessivo

bezittelijk

possessiv

besitzanzeigend

génitif

bezitterig

avare

Genitiv

bezitterige

besitzergreifend

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/pəˈzɛsɪv/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle French possessif, from Latin possessivus (“of or pertaining to possession”), from possessiō (“possessing”), from possidēre (“to possess”). By surface analysis, possess + -ive.