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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLate Latinproductivus, equivalent toproduct +‎-ive.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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productive (comparativemoreproductive,superlativemostproductive)

  1. Capable ofproducing something, especially inabundance;fertile.
  2. Yielding good or usefulresults;constructive.
  3. Of, or relating to thecreation ofgoods orservices.
  5. (linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.
    • 1988, Andrew Radford,Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page138:
      Moreover, this relationship is aproductive one, in the sense that when new Adjectives are created (e.g.ginormous concocted out ofgigantic andenormous), then the corresponding Adverb form (in this caseginormously) can also be used. And in those exceptional cases where Adverbs do not end in-ly, they generally have the same form as the corresponding Adjective, as withhard,fast, etc.
  6. (medicine) Of acough, producingmucus orsputum from therespiratorytract.
  7. (medicine) Ofinflammation, producing newtissue.
  8. (set theory) A type ofset ofnatural numbers, related tomathematical logic; a setS{\displaystyle S} isproductive if there exists a total recursive functionf{\displaystyle f} such that∀x∈N,  Wx⊆S⇒f(x)∈A∖Wx{\displaystyle \forall x\in \mathbb {N} ,~~W_{x}\subseteq S\Rightarrow f(x)\in A\setminus W_{x}}, whereWx{\displaystyle W_{x}} is a recursive function whose Gödel number isx{\displaystyle x}.
    aproductive set

Usage notes

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In English, the plural suffix “-es” isproductive because it can be appended to an open set of words (singular nouns ending in sibilants). Thus, if a new word with that pattern becomes an English noun (e.g. *examplex), it would have a default plural (e.g. *examplexes) because “-es” isproductive.

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Translations

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capable of producing something
yielding good or useful results; constructive
of, or relating to the creation of goods or services
linguistics: consistently applicable to any of an open set of words
medicine: producing mucus or sputum
medicine: producing new tissue
in set theory
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References

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French

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Adjective

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productive

  1. femininesingular ofproductif

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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prōductīve

  1. vocativemasculinesingular ofprōductīvus
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