resultative
/ɹɪˈzʌltətɪv/adjective, noun
resultative is spelled R-E-S-U-L-T-A-T-I-V-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, resultative means “Indicating the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the action expressed by a verb, as with "blue" in "Mary painted the fence blue"” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in resultative?
| Letters | 11: R-E-S-U-L-T-A-T-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is resultative?
Resultative appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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).
How do you pronounce resultative?
- /ɹɪˈzʌltətɪv/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-resultative.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of resultative
- resultatives plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does resultative mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Indicating the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the action expressed by a verb, as with "blue" in "Mary painted the fence blue".
noun
- 1
A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun resulting from the completion of the action expressed by a verb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Resultative in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense indicating the state of a noun:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | résultatif |
| Spanish | resultativo |
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.