singulative
Of or pertaining to a grammatical form or construction that expresses the…Of or pertaining to a grammatical form or construction that expresses the individuation of a single referent from a mass noun.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Of or pertaining to a grammatical form or construction that expresses the individuation of a single referent from a mass noun.
English doesn't have a singulative number in general, but many uncountable nouns have usual singulative constructions.
Origin
From French singulatif, from Latin singillatim (“singly", "one by one”), from singulus (“sFrom French singulatif, from Latin singillatim (“singly", "one by one”), from singulus (“single", "separate”), from Proto-Italic *sem-g-lo-, a diminutive form derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”).
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedsingulatively