English

Etymology

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

Adjective

accusative

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

   Quotations

   • This hath been a very accusative age — Sir E. Dering

2. (Grammar): Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate 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.

Translations

• Bulgarian: винителен (vinítelen)
• Dutch: beschuldigend
• French: accusatif m
• German: Akkusativ -
• Greek: αιτιατική (aitiatikí) f
• Hebrew: יחס הפעול (yakhas ha-pa'ul) m
• Hungarian: tárgy
• Interlingua: accusative
• Italian: accusativo m
• Latin: accusativus m
• Portuguese: acusativo m
• Russian: винительный (vinítel'nyj) m
• Spanish: acusativo m
• Swedish: ackusativ (2)

Noun

accusative

1. (Grammar): The accusative case.

Translations

• Bulgarian: винителен падеж (vinítelen padéž) m
• Dutch: accusatief m, vierde naamval m, lijdend voorwerp n
• Esperanto: akuzativo
• French: accusatif m
• German: Akkusativ m, Wenfall m
• Greek: αἰτιατική πτῶσις (aitiatikí ptósis) f
• Hebrew: יחס הפעול (yakhas ha-pa'ul) m
• Hungarian: tárgy eset
• Interlingua: accusativo
• Italian: accusativo m
• Latin: casus accusativus m
• Portuguese: acusativo m
• Russian: винительный пaдeж (vinítel'nyj padéž) m
• Spanish: acusativo m, complemento directo m
• Swedish: ackusativ n