adversative

English

Etymology

From Latin adversativus (“of conjunctions, expressing opposition”)

Adjective

adversative (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Expressing opposition or difference.
    • 1992, Raymond F. Collins, Divorce in the New Testament‎, page 155:
      In Matthew's Q-source, this short sentence may have been introduced by the strong adversative conjunction, "but" (alla).

Translations

Noun

adversative (plural adversatives)

  1. (rare, dated) Something, particularly a clause or conjunction, which is adversative.

French

Adjective

adversative

  1. feminine of adversatif

German

Adjective

adversative

  1. inflected form of adversativ
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