additive C2 Topic:Business & Commerce US /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/ UK /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/ See IPA manual Freq #45911 Meanings 1 noun A substance added to food, fuel, or another product to give it certain qualities. This juice contains no artificial colours or additives. 2 adj Produced by adding things together; involving addition. The final cost is additive, built up from many small charges. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a substance added to food,... temper Word family Forms additives Derived forms additivelyadditivenessadditivismadelecycloadditivegeoadditiveheteroadditivehypoadditiveinteradditivenonadditiveoveradditivephytoadditive Related forms additivity Common collocations food additive Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Late Latin additivus, from the participial stem of Latin addere (“to add”). *deh₃- Proto-Indo-European additivus la-lat addere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Business & Commerce Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # additive **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/ **Frequency rank:** 45911 ## Meanings 1. A substance added to food, fuel, or another product to give it certain qualities. 2. Produced by adding things together; involving addition. ## Examples - This juice contains no artificial colours or additives. - The final cost is additive, built up from many small charges. ## Derived Forms - additively - additiveness - additivism - adele - cycloadditive - geoadditive - heteroadditive - hypoadditive - interadditive - nonadditive - overadditive - phytoadditive ## Related Forms - additivity ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *deh₃- - Root: additivus - Root: addere ## Etymology From Late Latin additivus, from the participial stem of Latin addere (“to add”). ## AI Etymology Additive is from Late Latin additivus, from the participial stem of Latin addere (“to add”). Important recorded forms include *deh₃- (Proto-Indo-European), additivus (la-lat), and addere (Latin). Current senses include a substance added to food, fuel, or another product to give it certain qualities and produced by adding things together; involving addition. The wider family includes derived forms such as additively, additiveness, additivism, adele, and cycloadditive and related words such as additivity. ## Topics - Business & Commerce - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown