pejoratiu

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from French péjorative (“depreciative, disparaging”), from Late Latin peiōrātus, perfect passive participle of Latin peiōrō (“make worse”), from peior (“worse”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [pə.ʒu.ɾəˈtiw] IPA(key): (Balearic) [pə.ʒo.ɾəˈtiw] IPA(key): (Valencia) [pe.d͡ʒo.ɾaˈtiw] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [pe.ʒo.ɾaˈtiw] Rhymes: -iw Hyphenation: pe‧jo‧ra‧tiu === Adjective === pejoratiu (feminine pejorativa, masculine plural pejoratius, feminine plural pejoratives) pejorative, derogatory Synonym: despectiu ==== Derived terms ==== pejorativament === Further reading === “pejoratiu”, 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 “pejoratiu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “pejoratiu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pejoratiu”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Occitan == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === pejoratiu m (feminine singular pejorativa, masculine plural pejoratius, feminine plural pejorativas) pejorative, derogatory