Agglutinative

Pronunciation: /ˈæɡˈɡɫətˈaɪˈneɪtɪv/

Agglutinative (adjective)

  1. Describing a language that forms words by joining small parts together.

Examples

  • The agglutinative language forms words by adding affixes.
  • Agglutinative languages often have long words with many parts.

Common collocations: agglutinative structure, agglutinative process, agglutinative language

Synonyms of Agglutinative

Formal