Augmentative (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. serving to augment.
  2. pertaining to or productive of a form denoting increased size or intensity. In Spanish the augmentative suffix -ón is added to a word (as silla “chair”) to indicate increased size, as in sillón “armchair.”
noun
  1. an augmentative element or formation.
adjective
  1. tending or able to augment
  2. grammar
    • denoting an affix that may be added to a word to convey the meaning large or great; for example, the suffix -ote in Spanish, where hombre means man and hombrote big man
    • denoting a word formed by the addition of an augmentative affix
noun
  1. an augmentative word or affix
Augmentative (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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