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Is dative a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dative is a Scrabble US word. The word dative is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

D2A1T1I1V4E1

Is dative a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dative is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

D2A1T1I1V4E1

Is dative a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dative is a Words With Friends word. The word dative is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2A1T1I1V5E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

DATIVE,

5-letter words (2 found)

DAVIT,VITAE,

4-letter words (23 found)

ADIT,AIDE,AVID,DATE,DEVA,DEVI,DIET,DITA,DITE,DIVA,DIVE,EDIT,IDEA,TAED,TEAD,TIDE,TIED,VADE,VIAE,VIDE,VIED,VITA,VITE,

3-letter words (28 found)

AID,AIT,ATE,AVE,DAE,DEI,DEV,DIE,DIT,DIV,EAT,ETA,IDE,ITA,TAD,TAE,TAI,TAV,TEA,TED,TID,TIE,VAE,VAT,VET,VIA,VID,VIE,

2-letter words (15 found)

AD,AE,AI,AT,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,ET,ID,IT,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 70 words from dative according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dative

dative

Etymology

From Latin datīvus (“appropriate for giving”), itself from datus (the past participle of dō (“I give”)) + -īvus (“-ive”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dāt'ĭv, IPA(key): /ˈdeɪtɪv/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

Adjective

dative (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
  2. (obsolete, law) In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.
  3. (obsolete, law) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
  4. (obsolete, law) Given by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself.
  5. (sciences) Formed by two electrons contributed by one atom; see dative bond.
  6. (mathematics, obsolete) Given in advance; not needed to be calculated.
    Antonym: quesitive

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Noun

dative (plural datives)

  1. (grammar) The dative case.
  2. (grammar) A word inflected in the dative case.

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Anagrams

  • DeVita

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da.tiv/

Adjective

dative

  1. feminine singular of datif

Anagrams

  • devait, déviât, évidât

Italian

Adjective

dative

  1. feminine plural of dativo

Anagrams

  • De Vita, datevi

Latin

Adjective

datīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of datīvus

Romanian

Noun

dative n pl

  1. plural of dativ

Source: wiktionary.org