agglutinate
aglutinado
United with glue or as with glueUnited with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
/əˈɡluːtɪnət/
Translations
1 languagesMeaning
2 sensesUnited with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
united as if by glue
Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning.
an agglutinate language
an agglutinate family of languages
Origin
From Latin agglūtinātus, past participle of agglūtināre, adglūtināre (“to glue or cement tFrom Latin agglūtinātus, past participle of agglūtināre, adglūtināre (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glūtināre (“to glue”), from glūten (“paste, glue”).
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- united as if by glue:agglutinative
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.