transformative

== English == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin transformātīvus (“transformative”), from Latin trānsfōrmātus (“transformed”) + -īvus (suffix attached to the perfect passive participial stems of verbs, forming deverbal adjectives meaning ‘doing or related to doing [the verb]’). Trānsfōrmātus is the perfect passive participle of trānsfōrmō (“to transform”), from trāns- (prefix meaning ‘across; beyond; through’) + fōrmō (“to fashion, form, format, shape”) (from fōrma (“appearance, figure, form, shape”); further etymology unknown, perhaps related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “a form, shape”)). The English word is analysable as transform +‎ -ative. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /trɑːnsˈfɔːmətɪv/, /tɹæns-/ (General American) IPA(key): /tɹænsˈfɔɹmətɪv/, [-ɾɪv] Hyphenation: trans‧form‧a‧tive === Adjective === transformative (comparative more transformative, superlative most transformative) That causes a transformation; causing a notable and lasting change Synonyms: transformatory, transmutative Antonym: nontransformative (linguistics) Chiefly in transformative-generative: of or relating to a theory of generative grammar in which defined operations called transformations produce new sentences from existing ones; transformational. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === transformational grammar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia transformation (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia