possessive

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Frenchpossessif,fromLatinpossessivus(“of or pertaining to possession”),frompossessiō(“possessing”),frompossidēre(“to possess”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/pəˈzɛsɪv/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-ɛsɪv

Adjective

possessive(comparativemorepossessive,superlativemostpossessive)

1. Of or pertaining toownershiporpossession.
2. (grammar)Indicatingownership,possession,origin,etc.
3. Unwilling to yield possession of.

   He is verypossessiveof his car.

Translations

pertaining to possession

• Arabic:تَمَلُكِي(tamaluki)
• Bulgarian:собственически(sobstveničeski)
• Catalan:possessiu(ca)
• Dutch:bezittelijk(nl)
• French:possessif(fr)
• Greek:κτητικός(el)m(ktitikós)
• Scottish Gaelic:seilbheach
• Spanish:posesivo(es)

grammar: indicating possession

• Arabic:صِيغَةُ اْلتَمَلُكِ(ṣeyḡatu altamaluki)
• Belarusian:прынале́жны(prynaljéžny)
• Bulgarian:притежателен(pritežatelen)
• Catalan:possessiu(ca)
• Czech:přivlastňovací(cs)m
• Dutch:bezittelijk(nl)
• Esperanto:posesiva
• French:possessif(fr)m
• German:besitzanzeigend,possessiv(de)
• Greek:κτητικός(el)m(ktitikós)

  Ancient:κτητικός(ktētikós)

• Hungarian:birtokos(hu)
• Irish:sealbhach
• Norman:possessif
• Old English:ġeāgniġendlīċ
• Polish:dzierżawczy(pl)
• Portuguese:possessivo(pt)m
• Russian:притяжа́тельный(ru)(pritjažátelʹnyj),поссесси́вный(ru)(possessívnyj)(rare)
• Scottish Gaelic:seilbheach
• Spanish:posesivo(es)
• Swedish:possessiv(sv)
• Turkish:sahiplik(tr),aitlik,iyelik(tr)
• Ukrainian:присві́йний(prysvíjnyj)
• Welsh:meddiannol

unwilling to yield possession of

• Catalan:possessiu(ca)
• Dutch:bezitterig(nl)
• Indonesian:posesif(id)
• Irish:gabhálach
• Polish:zaborczy(pl)
• Portuguese:possessivo(pt)
• Spanish:posesivo(es),celoso(es)
• Welsh:meddiannol,meddiangar

Noun

possessive(countableanduncountable,pluralpossessives)

1. (grammar)Thepossessive case.
2. (grammar)A word used to indicate the possessive case.

Derived terms

• double possessive
• independent possessive
• reflexive possessive

Translations

possessive case—seepossessive case

a word that indicates possession or the possessive case

• Maori:kupu whiwhinga,pūriro,rirohanga

See also

• possessive pronoun
• possessive adjective
• possessive determiner
• possessive suffix
• comitative
• genitive
• ktetic
• proprietive

French

Adjective

possessive

1. femininesingularofpossessif

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

possessive

1. inflection ofpossessiv:
   1. strong/mixednominative/accusativefemininesingular
   2. strongnominative/accusativeplural
   3. weaknominativeall-gendersingular
   4. weakaccusativefeminine/neutersingular

Italian

Adjective

possessive

1. femininepluralofpossessivo

Latin

Adjective

possessīve

1. vocativemasculinesingularofpossessīvus