Dictionary![]() ![]() trans•la•tivePronunciation: (trans-lā'tiv, tranz-, trans'lā-, tranz'-), [key] —adj. 1. of or pertaining to the transfer of something from one person, position, or place to another. 2. of translation; serving to translate. 3. Gram.noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate a change from one state into another. —n. the translative case. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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