# determinative

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #80,379

## Definitions
1. An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
2. A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.

## Etymology
From Middle French déterminatif.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/determinative