singulative

[sing-gyuh-luh-tiv]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a grammatical form or construction that expresses a singular entity or indicates that an individual is singled out from a group, especially as opposed to a collective noun. Snowflake is the singulative formed from the collective noun snow.

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First recorded in 1950–55; from French singulatif, equivalent to singulaire + -atif; singular ( def. ), -ative

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