assimilative
adjective
assimilative is an adjective meaning “Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-S-S-I-M-I-L-A-T-I-V-E, and it appears about once in every 44 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does assimilative mean?
adjective
- 1
Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of assimilative
- more assimilative comparative
- most assimilative superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is assimilative?
Assimilative appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Assimilative in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense characterised by assimilation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | assimilateur |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does assimilative come from?
From the French assimilatif, assimilative, from the Late Latin assimilātīvus; equivalent to assimilate + -ive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).