The below list of translations of superlatives is provided by Word Sense. These are called cognates, which are words and phrases in different languages that likely have the same root or language of origin, causing them to sound the same. You may notice that some of these translations of superlatives look and sound similar to one another. Many different languages also contain words that mean superlatives. Something that is superlative has reached its highest stage of development, highest level, high degree of quality and more. This stems from Anglo-French and Old French superlatif and from the Late Latin superlativus/Late Latin superlātīvus, from the Latin superlatus/Latin superlātus which is the past participle of superferre, from super and latus, as well as the past participle of ferre, and īvus/īve. Superlative is four syllables – su-per-lat-ive, and the pronunciation of superlative is suːˈpɜːlətɪv.Īccording to Merriam-Webster, this word comes from the Middle English superlatif.

The superlative form or superlative degree would be considered the “most” or “est.” Superlative statements can be used to a positive degree or negative degree. If the adjective has a consonant + single vowel + consonant spelling, the final consonant is doubled before adding the ending. If the adjective ends in “y” you must first swap that for an “i” before adding -est. In a superlative list, the adjectives might be “big, bigger, biggest” with biggest being the highest degree of comparison. We often think of these as “er” and “est” adjectives for regular verbs, but for irregular verbs, we might also call them “more” and “most” adjectives or “less” and “least” adjectives. According to Your Dictionary, in English grammar superlatives, or superlative adjectives and comparatives, or comparative adjectives, are used to compare one noun to another noun, or to compare three or more nouns.

What is a superlative