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語源

From Medieval Latin transformātīvus (“transformative”), from Latin trānsfōrmātus (“transformed”) + -īvus (suffix attached to the perfect passive participial stems of verbs, forming deverbal adjectives meaning ‘doing or related to doing [the verb]’). Trānsfōrmātus is the perfect passive participle of trānsfōrmō (“to transform”), from trāns- (prefix meaning ‘across; beyond; through’) + fōrmō (“to fashion, form, format, shape”) (from fōrma (“appearance, figure, form, shape”); further etymology unknown, perhaps related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “a form, shape”)). The English word is analysable as transform +‎ -ative.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /trɑːnsˈfɔːmətɪv/, /tɹæns-/
• (General American) IPA: /tɹænsˈfɔɹmətɪv/, [-ɾɪv]
• ハイフネーション: trans‧form‧a‧tive

形容詞

transformative (comparative more transformative, superlative most transformative)

1. That causes a transformation; causing a notable and lasting change

   Synonyms: transformatory, transmutative

   Antonym: nontransformative

   • 2019 November 6, Graeme Pickering, “New targets for Northumberland”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 46:

     "You'll know the transformative effect that the Metro has had on the whole of Tyneside," says NCC [Northumberland County Council] leader Peter Jackson. "This new passenger line will have the same effect on southeast Northumberland. It's a transformative project and we're going to make sure it happens."

2. (linguistics) Chiefly in transformative-generative: of or relating to a theory of generative grammar in which defined operations called transformations produce new sentences from existing ones; transformational.

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Further reading

• transformational grammar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• transformation (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia