adjective 1.of or pertaining to the transfer of something from one person, position, or place to another.
2.of translation; serving to translate.
3.Grammar. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate a change from one state into another.
Origin: 1580–90; <
Latin trānslātīvus, equivalent to
trānslāt(
us) (see
translate) +
-īvus -ive