non-agglutinating
|non-a-glu-ti-na-ting|
/nɒn-əˈɡluːtɪneɪtɪŋ/
not using agglutination
Etymology
'non-agglutinating' originates from the prefix 'non-' meaning 'not' and 'agglutinating' from Latin 'agglutinare,' meaning 'to glue to.'
'agglutinare' transformed into the English word 'agglutinate,' and eventually became part of the compound word 'non-agglutinating.'
Initially, 'agglutinate' meant 'to glue together,' but in linguistic terms, it evolved to describe a type of language structure.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
describing a language that does not use agglutination, a process in which words are formed by stringing together morphemes without changing them in spelling or phonetics.
English is a non-agglutinating language.
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Last updated: 2025/06/11 02:05