aggressive

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• US: /əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ghredh-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive From aggress + -ive. Compare with French agressif.

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: aggressief — tending or disposed to aggress
• Albanian: agresiv — tending or disposed to aggress
• Arabic: عُدْوَانِيّ (ʕudwāniyy) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Arabic: هُجُومِيّ (hujūmiyy) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Armenian: ագրեսիվ (agresiv) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Asturian: agresivu — tending or disposed to aggress
• Azerbaijani: aqressiv — tending or disposed to aggress
• Belarusian: агрэсы́ўны (ahresýwny) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Belarusian: ваяўні́чы (vajawníčy) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Bulgarian: агреси́вен (agresíven) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Bulgarian: напада́телен (napadátelen) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Catalan: agressiu — tending or disposed to aggress
• Chinese Mandarin: 好鬥 /好斗 (hàodòu) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Chinese Mandarin: 好戰的 /好战的 (hàozhàn de) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Chinese Mandarin: 侵略的 (qīnlüè de) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Chinese Mandarin: 愛尋釁的 /爱寻衅的 (ài xúnxìn de) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Czech: útočný — tending or disposed to aggress
• Czech: agresivní — tending or disposed to aggress
• Danish: aggressiv — tending or disposed to aggress
• Dutch: agressief — tending or disposed to aggress
• Esperanto: agresema — tending or disposed to aggress
• Estonian: kallaletungiv — tending or disposed to aggress
• Finnish: aggressiivinen — tending or disposed to aggress
• Finnish: hyökkäävä — tending or disposed to aggress
• French: agressif — tending or disposed to aggress
• Galician: agresivo — tending or disposed to aggress
• Georgian: აგრესიული (agresiuli) — tending or disposed to aggress
• German: aggressiv — tending or disposed to aggress
• German: angriffslustig — tending or disposed to aggress
• Greek: επιθετικός (epithetikós) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιθετικός (epithetikós) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Hebrew: מתגרה — tending or disposed to aggress
• Hindi: आक्रमणकारक (ākramaṇkārak) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Hindi: जंगी (jaṅgī) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Hindi: धक्कामार (dhakkāmār) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Hindi: दंगली (daṅglī) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Hindi: आक्रामक (ākrāmak) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Hungarian: agresszív — tending or disposed to aggress
• Indonesian: agresif — tending or disposed to aggress
• Irish: ionsaitheach — tending or disposed to aggress
• Irish: amasach — tending or disposed to aggress
• Italian: aggressivo — tending or disposed to aggress
• Japanese: 侵略的な (shinryakuteki na) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Japanese: 攻撃的な (kōgekiteki na) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Kabuverdianu: agresivu — tending or disposed to aggress
• Kabuverdianu: agresive — tending or disposed to aggress
• Khmer: ឈ្លានពាន (chliən piən) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Korean: 공격적인 (gonggyeokjeog-in) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Korean: 침략적인 (chimnyakjeog-in) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Latin: pugnax — tending or disposed to aggress
• Latin: aggressivus — tending or disposed to aggress
• Latvian: agresīvs — tending or disposed to aggress
• Lithuanian: agresyvus — tending or disposed to aggress
• Macedonian: агресивен (agresiven) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Malay: agresif — tending or disposed to aggress
• Maltese: aggressiv — tending or disposed to aggress
• Māori: whakaariki — tending or disposed to aggress
• Māori: kairiri — tending or disposed to aggress
• Mongolian: түрэмгий (türemgii) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Norwegian: aggressiv — tending or disposed to aggress
• Occitan: agressiu — tending or disposed to aggress
• Papiamentu: agresivo — tending or disposed to aggress
• Persian: ستیزجو (setizju) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Polish: agresywny — tending or disposed to aggress
• Polish: wojowniczy — tending or disposed to aggress
• Polish: napastliwy — tending or disposed to aggress
• Portuguese: agressivo — tending or disposed to aggress
• Quechua: phiña — tending or disposed to aggress
• Romanian: agresiv — tending or disposed to aggress
• Russian: агресси́вный (agressívnyj) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Russian: вои́нственный (voínstvennyj) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaigheach — tending or disposed to aggress
• Serbo-Croatian: агресиван — tending or disposed to aggress
• Serbo-Croatian: насилан — tending or disposed to aggress
• Serbo-Croatian: насртљив — tending or disposed to aggress
• Serbo-Croatian: agresivan — tending or disposed to aggress
• Serbo-Croatian: nasilan — tending or disposed to aggress
• Serbo-Croatian: nasrtljiv — tending or disposed to aggress
• Slovak: agresívny — tending or disposed to aggress
• Slovak: útočný — tending or disposed to aggress
• Slovene: nasilen — tending or disposed to aggress
• Spanish: agresivo — tending or disposed to aggress
• Swedish: aggressiv — tending or disposed to aggress
• Tagalog: mabalagsik — tending or disposed to aggress
• Thai: ก้าวร้าว (gâao ráao) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Thai: ออกตัวแรง — tending or disposed to aggress
• Turkish: saldırgan — tending or disposed to aggress
• Turkish: agresif — tending or disposed to aggress
• Ukrainian: агреси́вний (ahresývnyj) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Ukrainian: войовни́чий (vojovnýčyj) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Ukrainian: войови́тий (vojovýtyj) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Vietnamese: xâm lược — tending or disposed to aggress
• Welsh: gormesol — tending or disposed to aggress
• Yiddish: אַגרעסיוו (agresiv) — tending or disposed to aggress
• Māori: rīrā — Spreading rapidly of a disease or tumour
• Khiamniungan Naga: tìehtìeh — aggressive behavior