augmentatives
/ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪvz/
noun
- Words or forms that indicate an increase in size, intensity, or importance, especially in grammar or linguistics.
- Linguists study augmentatives to understand how languages express size.
- In some languages, augmentatives are formed by adding a suffix to a noun.
- The teacher explained how augmentatives differ from diminutives in Spanish.