English

Etymology
From French adjective accusatif, from Latin accusativus, from perfect passive participle accusatus, from verb accusare, + adjective suffix -ivus. See accuse.

Pronunciation
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Adjective
accusative

1. Producing accusations; accusatory; a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame

#:Quotations
#:*This hath been a very accusative age — w:Sir E. Dering|Sir E. Dering

1. Grammar: Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate direct object|object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence�s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.

Translations
trans-top|producing accusations; accusatory
Icelandic: ásaka|ásakandi mfn
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trans-top|accusative case
Greek: t|el|αι�ια�ική|f|sc=Grek (aitiatikí)
Icelandic: t+|is|þolfall|alt=þolfalls-
Swedish: ackusativ (2)
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Bulgarian: вини�елен (vinítelen)
Dutch: beschuldigend
French: accusatif m
German: Akkusativ-
Hebrew: ��ס �פע�� (yakhas ha-pa�ul) m
Hungarian: tárgy
Interlingua: accusative
Italian: t+|it|accusativo|m
Latin: accusativus m
Portuguese: acusativo m
Russian: вини�ел�н�й (vinítel�nyj) m
Spanish: acusativo m

Noun
accusative

1. Grammar: The accusative case.

Translations
trans-top|accusative case
Bulgarian: вини�елен падеж (vinítelen padéž) m
Czech: t-|cs|�tvrtý pád|m
Dutch: accusatief m, vierde naamval m, lijdend voorwerp n
Esperanto: t-|eo|akuzativo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|akkusatiivi
French: accusatif m
German: Akkusativ m, Wenfall m
Greek: t|el|αι�ια�ική|f|sc=Grek
Ancient Greek: IPAchar|αἰ�ια�ική ��ῶ�ι� (aitiatikí ptósis) f
Hebrew: ��ס �פע�� (yakhas ha-pa�ul) m
Hungarian: tárgy eset
Icelandic: t+|is|þolfall|n
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Interlingua: accusativo
Italian: t+|it|accusativo|m
Latin: casus accusativus m
Polish: biernik m
Romanian: acuzativ n, caz acuzativ n
Portuguese: acusativo m
Russian: вини�ел�н�й падеж (vinítel�nyj padéž) m
Slovene: t+|sl|tožilnik|m
Spanish: acusativo m, complemento directo m
Swedish: t+|sv|ackusativ|n
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hu:accusative
pt:accusative
ru:accusative
fi:accusative
sv:accusative
ta:accusative
vi:accusative
tr:accusative

• 2007-11-17 01:01 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for is, it, cs, eo, fi, sl, sv

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