Etymology From terminate + -ive. Adjective terminative (comparative more terminative, superlative most terminative) of, or relating to the termination of something (linguistics) of, or relating to the terminative case Noun terminative (plural terminatives) the terminative case a word in the terminative case Translations terminative case Chinese: Mandarin: 到格, 終格/终格 Estonian: rajav (et), terminatiiv (et) Hungarian: terminativus (hu), határeset (hu) Vietnamese: hạn cách Adjective terminative f feminine plural of terminativo