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genitive

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "genitive" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

3 syllables
8 characters
English (US)
3syllables

genitive

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

genitive is a polysyllabic word with 3 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, genitive is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofgenitive

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