1. [n]  word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole
2. [adj]  serving to separate or divide into parts; "partitive tendencies in education"; "the uniting influence was stronger than the separative"
3. [adj]  indicating or characterized by or serving to create partition or division into parts; "partitive tendencies in education"
4. [adj]  (Romance languages) relating to or denoting a part of a whole or a quantity that is less than the whole; "a partitive construction"

PARTITIVE is a 9 letter word that starts with P.

1. \Par"ti*tive\, a. [Cf. F. partitif.] (Gram.)
   Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.
   
   

2. \Par"ti*tive\, n. (Gram.)
   A word expressing partition, or denoting a part.