how to pronounce ablative

/ˈæb.lə.tɪv/

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ablative is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of ablative

adjective:

Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement.
Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ.
Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying, as in ablative paints used for antifouling. .
Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier.
Pertaining to taking away or removing.

noun:

The ablative case.
An ablative material.

ablative frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ablative occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ablative can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ablative can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;