Find your perfect word!

 

Definition ablative

Etymology

From Middle English ablative, ablatife, ablatyf, ablatif, from Old French ablatif (“the ablative case”), from Latin abl?t?vus (“expressing removal”), from abl?tus (“taken away”), from aufer? (“I take away”). The engineering/nautical sense originates from ablate + -ive.

Adjective

ablative (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
  2. (obsolete) Pertaining to taking away or removing. [Attested from the mid 16 century until the early 18 century.]
  3. (engineering, nautical) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying, as in ablative paints used for antifouling. [First attested in 1959.].
  4. (medicine) Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ. [First attested in the mid 20 century.]
  5. (geology) Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier. [First attested in the mid 20 century.]

Noun

ablative (plural ablatives)

  1. (grammar) The ablative case. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  2. An ablative material. [Mid 20 century.]

Results 152 Words with the letters ABLATIVE

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
15 letter words with the letters ABLATIVE 
14 letter words with the letters ABLATIVE 
13 letter words with the letters ABLATIVE 
12 letter words with the letters ABLATIVE 
11 letter words with the letters ABLATIVE 
10 letter words with the letters ABLATIVE 
9 letter words with the letters ABLATIVE 
8 letter words with the letters ABLATIVE 
7 letter words with the letters ABLATIVE 
6 letter words with the letters ABLATIVE 
ABELIA 10
ABLATE 10
ALBEIT 10
ALBITE 10
AVIATE 10
VIABLE 14
5 letter words with the letters ABLATIVE 
ALIVE 10
AVAIL 10
VALET 10
VITAL 10
4 letter words with the letters ABLATIVE 
ABET 7
ABLE 8
ALAE 5
ALBA 8
ALIT 5
BAAL 8
BAIL 8
BAIT 7
BALE 8
BATE 7
BEAT 7
BELT 8
BETA 7
BILE 8
BITE 7
BLAE 8
BLAT 8
BLET 8
EVIL 9
ILEA 5
LATE 5
LATI 5
LAVA 9
LAVE 9
LEVA 9
LITE 5
LIVE 9
TAEL 5
TAIL 5
TALA 5
TALE 5
TALI 5
TEAL 5
TELA 5
TILE 5
VAIL 9
VALE 9
VEAL 9
VEIL 9
VELA 9
VIAL 9
VIBE 11
VILE 9
VITA 8
3 letter words with the letters ABLATIVE 
AAL 4
ABA 6
AIL 4
AIT 3
ALA 4
ALB 7
ALE 4
ALT 4
ATE 3
AVA 7
AVE 7
BAA 6
BAL 7
BAT 6
BEL 7
BET 6
BIT 6
EAT 3
ETA 3
LAB 7
LAT 4
LAV 8
LEA 4
LEI 4
LET 4
LEV 8
LIB 7
LIE 4
LIT 4
TAB 6
TAE 3
TAV 7
TEA 3
TEL 4
TIE 3
TIL 4
VAT 7
VET 7
VIA 7
VIE 7
2 letter words with the letters ABLATIVE 
AA 2
AB 5
AE 2
AI 2
AL 3
AT 2
BA 5
BE 5
BI 5
EL 3
ET 2
IT 2
LA 3
LI 3
TA 2
TI 2

You can also try words with the phrase ABLATIVE, words starting with the letters ABLATIVE, or words ending in the letters ABLATIVE.