singulative

== English == === Etymology === From French singulatif, from Latin singillatim (“singly", "one by one”), from singulus (“single", "separate”), from Proto-Italic *sem-g-lo-, a diminutive form derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”). === Adjective === singulative (not comparable) (grammar) Of or pertaining to a grammatical form or construction that expresses the individuation of a single referent from a mass noun. ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === singulative (plural singulatives) (grammar) A singulative form or construction. ==== Related terms ==== singular ==== Translations ==== === See also === collective noun dual mass noun paucal plural trial