argumentative

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɑːɡjʊˈmɛntətɪv/
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• General-American: /ˌɑɹɡjəˈmɛn(t)ətɪv/
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• General-American: [-ɾɪv]
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• Hong-Kong: /ˌɑːɡjʊmɛnˈteɪtɪv/
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• CMU ARPABET: AA2 R G Y AH0 M EH1 N T AH0 T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h2érǵus Proto-Italic *argus Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Italic *-ō Proto-Italic *arguō Latin arguō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin argūmentum Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin argūmentor Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin argūmentātīvusder. Middle English argumentatif English argumentative From Late Middle English argumentatif (“syllogistic, sophistic”), from Old French argumentatif, argumentative (modern French argumentatif (“argumentative”)) and Medieval Latin, Late Latin argūmentātīvus, from Latin argūmentātor + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives).

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Portuguese: argumentativo — of or relating to argumentation; specifically, presenting a logical argument or line of reasoning — see also argumentive
• Albanian: argumentuar — prone to argue or dispute
• Bulgarian: дискусионен (diskusionen) — prone to argue or dispute
• Bulgarian: спорен (sporen) — prone to argue or dispute
• Cebuano: palaaway — prone to argue or dispute
• Cebuano: pilosopo — prone to argue or dispute
• Chinese: 鐵齒 /铁齿 (zh-min-nan) — prone to argue or dispute
• Chinese Mandarin: 矯情 /矫情 便便 (jiǎoqíng) — prone to argue or dispute
• Czech: hádavý — prone to argue or dispute
• Czech: přivý — prone to argue or dispute
• Czech: škorpivý — prone to argue or dispute
• Czech: vadivý — prone to argue or dispute
• Danish: stridbar — prone to argue or dispute
• Dutch: twistgierig — prone to argue or dispute
• Dutch: twistziek — prone to argue or dispute
• Dutch: venijnig — prone to argue or dispute
• Esperanto: disputema — prone to argue or dispute
• Finnish: riidanhaluinen — prone to argue or dispute
• French: raisonneur — prone to argue or dispute
• French: discutailleur — prone to argue or dispute
• Georgian: საკამათო (saḳamato) — prone to argue or dispute
• German: argumentativ — prone to argue or dispute
• German: streitlustig — prone to argue or dispute
• Greek: πολεμικός (polemikós) — prone to argue or dispute
• Ancient Greek: ἐριστικός (eristikós) — prone to argue or dispute
• Ancient Greek: φιλόνεικος (philóneikos) — prone to argue or dispute
• Interlingua: argumentative — prone to argue or dispute
• Irish: aighneasach — prone to argue or dispute
• Irish: argóinteach — prone to argue or dispute
• Irish: conspóideach — prone to argue or dispute
• Italian: polemico — prone to argue or dispute
• Italian: rissoso — prone to argue or dispute
• Italian: ataccabrighe — prone to argue or dispute
• Italian: litigioso — prone to argue or dispute
• Japanese: 理屈っぽい (rikutsuppoi) — prone to argue or dispute
• Japanese: 議論好きの (giron zuki no) — prone to argue or dispute
• Macedonian: препирлив (prepirliv) — prone to argue or dispute
• Māori: pākani — prone to argue or dispute
• Māori: pakapaka — prone to argue or dispute
• Norwegian: stridslysten — prone to argue or dispute
• Polish: kłótliwy — prone to argue or dispute
• Polish: sporny — prone to argue or dispute
• Polish: swarliwy — prone to argue or dispute
• Portuguese: discutidor — prone to argue or dispute
• Romanian: argumentativ — prone to argue or dispute
• Romanian: cu argumente — prone to argue or dispute
• Romanian: plin de argumente — prone to argue or dispute
• Scottish Gaelic: connsachail — prone to argue or dispute
• Scottish Gaelic: connspaideach — prone to argue or dispute
• Spanish: discutidor — prone to argue or dispute
• Spanish: peleón — prone to argue or dispute
• Spanish: polemista — prone to argue or dispute
• Spanish: beligerante — prone to argue or dispute
• Spanish: contencioso — prone to argue or dispute
• Spanish: rijoso — prone to argue or dispute
• Spanish: pendenciero — prone to argue or dispute
• Spanish: peleonero — prone to argue or dispute
• Spanish: arguyente (desus.) — prone to argue or dispute
• Spanish: argüitivo (desus.) — prone to argue or dispute
• Spanish: argüidor — prone to argue or dispute
• Swedish: diskussionslysten — prone to argue or dispute
• Swedish: grälsjuk — prone to argue or dispute