expletiu

== Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin explētīvus (“filling out”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əks.pləˈtiw] IPA(key): (Valencia) [eks.pleˈtiw] Rhymes: -iw === Adjective === expletiu (feminine expletiva, masculine plural expletius, feminine plural expletives) (grammar) expletive (performing a syntactic role but contributing nothing to meaning) === Further reading === “expletiu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “expletiu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “expletiu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “expletiu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.