descrittive

Descrittive is the feminine plural form of the Italian adjective descrittivo, meaning descriptive. It is used to modify feminine plural nouns and conveys a sense of description or detailing.

In Italian grammar, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in gender and number. The form descrittive corresponds to feminine plural nouns, while other forms include descrittiva (feminine singular), descrittivo (masculine singular), and descrittivi (masculine plural). This agreement allows phrases such as caratteristiche descrittive, metodologie descrittive, and analisi descrittive to appear in contexts describing data, features, or processes.

Common usage involves attaching descrittive to nouns that are feminine and plural when the description applies to multiple items. For example, le caratteristiche descrittive (descriptive features) refers to features that describe something, while metodologie descrittive denotes descriptive methodologies. In contrast, when the subject is feminine singular, the form descrittiva is used, as in un’analisi descrittiva (a descriptive analysis).

Etymology traces descrittive to the Latin descriptivus, via the Italian descrittivo. The term is primarily a grammatical and lexicographical element, but it also appears in discussions of descriptive linguistics in Italian-language texts.

See also: descrittivo, descriptive in English, descriptive linguistics.