pejoratiu

Catalan

Etymology

From French péjorative (“depreciative, disparaging”), from Late Latin peioratus, past participle of Latin peiorō (“make worse”), from peior (“worse”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /pə.ʒo.ɾəˈtiw/

(Central) IPA^(key): /pə.ʒu.ɾəˈtiw/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /pe.d͡ʒo.ɾaˈtiw/
Rhymes: -iw
Hyphenation: pe‧jo‧ra‧tiu

Adjective

pejoratiu (feminine pejorativa, masculine plural pejoratius, feminine plural pejoratives)

pejorative, derogatory
Synonym: despectiu

Derived terms

pejorativament

Further reading

“pejoratiu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“pejoratiu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
“pejoratiu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“pejoratiu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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