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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
separative is an adjective meaning "(used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it". It carries 3 recorded senses.
(used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it
serving to separate or divide into parts
“partitive tendencies in education”
“the uniting influence was stronger than the separative”
(of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group
“whereas `each,' `every,' `either,' `neither,' and `none' are distributive or referring to a single member of a group, `which' in `which of the men' is separative”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for separative come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.