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Is genitive a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word genitive is a Scrabble US word. The word genitive is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

G2E1N1I1T1I1V4E1

Is genitive a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word genitive is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

G2E1N1I1T1I1V4E1

Is genitive a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word genitive is a Words With Friends word. The word genitive is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

G3E1N2I1T1I1V5E1

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8-letter words (1 found)

GENITIVE,

7-letter words (3 found)

EVITING,INVITEE,VENTIGE,

6-letter words (5 found)

IGNITE,INVITE,TEEING,TIEING,VENITE,

5-letter words (13 found)

EIGNE,EVENT,EVITE,GENET,GENIE,GENII,GIVEN,NEIVE,NIEVE,TENGE,TINGE,VEGIE,VENGE,

4-letter words (27 found)

EEVN,EINE,ETEN,EVEN,EVET,GEIT,GENE,GENT,GIEN,GITE,GIVE,INTI,NETE,NEVE,NEVI,NITE,TEEN,TEIN,TENE,TIGE,TINE,TING,VEIN,VENT,VINE,VINT,VITE,

3-letter words (28 found)

EEN,ENE,ENG,EVE,GEE,GEN,GET,GIE,GIN,GIT,ING,NEE,NEG,NET,NIE,NIT,TEE,TEG,TEN,TIE,TIG,TIN,VEE,VEG,VET,VIE,VIG,VIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

EE,EN,ET,GI,IN,IT,NE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 87 words from genitive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of genitive

genitive

Alternative forms

  • genetive (rare)

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin cāsus genitīvus (literally “case pertaining to origin, birth”) (also spelled cāsus genetīvus), from genitus, the perfect passive participle of gignō (“beget”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛnətɪv/, enPR: jĕ'nətĭv
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧tive

Adjective

genitive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses a quality, origin or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.

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Noun

genitive (countable and uncountable, plural genitives)

  1. (grammar, uncountable) An inflection pattern (of any given language) that expresses origin or ownership and possession.
  2. (grammar, countable) A word inflected in the genitive case; a word indicating origin, ownership or possession.

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See also

  • comitative
  • possessive
  • proprietive

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡe.niˈtiː.u̯e/, [ɡɛnɪˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.niˈti.ve/, [d͡ʒeniˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

genitīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of genitīvus

Romanian

Noun

genitive

  1. plural of genitiv

Source: wiktionary.org