authoritative

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɔːˈθɒɹɪtətɪv/
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• proscribed: /ɔːˈθɒɹɪtɪv/
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• General-American: /əˈθɔɹɪˌteɪtɪv/
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• General-American: /əˈθɑɹɪˌteɪtɪv/
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• General-American: /ɔ-/
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• proscribed: /əˈθɔɹɪtɪv/
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• proscribed: /əˈθɑɹɪtɪv/
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• proscribed: /ɔ-/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 TH AO1 R AH0 T EY2 T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ewg-der. Proto-Indo-European *h2owg-éye-ti Proto-Italic *augejō Proto-Italic *augeō Latin augeō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin auctor Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin auctōritāsbor. Old French autoritébor. Middle English auctorite English authorit(y) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English authoritative From authorit(y) + -ative.

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: авторитарен (avtoritaren) — originating from a figure of authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 正式的 (zhèngshì de) — originating from a figure of authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 官方的 (guānfāng de) — originating from a figure of authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 權威的 /权威的 (quánwēi de) — originating from a figure of authority
• Chinese Mandarin: 當局的 /当局的 (dāngjú de) — originating from a figure of authority
• Czech: autoritativní — originating from a figure of authority
• Finnish: virallinen — originating from a figure of authority
• Finnish: arvovaltainen — originating from a figure of authority
• Finnish: auktoritatiivinen — originating from a figure of authority
• French: officiel — originating from a figure of authority
• French: autoritaire — originating from a figure of authority
• French: autorisé — originating from a figure of authority
• German: autoritativ — originating from a figure of authority
• German: offiziell — originating from a figure of authority
• Ido: autoritatoza — originating from a figure of authority
• Italian: autorevole — originating from a figure of authority
• Norwegian: myndig — originating from a figure of authority
• Polish: autorytatywny — originating from a figure of authority
• Portuguese: oficial — originating from a figure of authority
• Portuguese: legal — originating from a figure of authority
• Russian: официа́льный (oficiálʹnyj) — originating from a figure of authority
• Spanish: autoritativo — originating from a figure of authority
• Spanish: oficial — originating from a figure of authority
• Ukrainian: авторите́тний (avtorytétnyj) — originating from a figure of authority
• Bulgarian: авторитетен (avtoriteten) — accurate or definitive
• Bulgarian: достоверен (dostoveren) — accurate or definitive
• Chinese Mandarin: 權威的 /权威的 (quánwēi de) — accurate or definitive
• Chinese Mandarin: 有權威的 /有权威的 (yǒu quánwēi de) — accurate or definitive
• Chinese Mandarin: 可信的 (kěxìn de) — accurate or definitive
• Czech: autoritativní — accurate or definitive
• Esperanto: aŭtoritata — accurate or definitive
• Finnish: arvovaltainen — accurate or definitive
• Finnish: auktoritatiivinen — accurate or definitive
• French: majeur — accurate or definitive
• French: autoritaire — accurate or definitive
• French: autorisé — accurate or definitive
• Georgian: ავტორიტეტიანი (avṭoriṭeṭiani) — accurate or definitive
• Georgian: ავტორიტეტული (avṭoriṭeṭuli) — accurate or definitive
• German: vorherrschend — accurate or definitive
• German: maßgebend — accurate or definitive
• German: maßgeblich — accurate or definitive
• German: führend — accurate or definitive
• German: tonangebend — accurate or definitive
• Greek: αυθεντικός (afthentikós) — accurate or definitive
• Ancient Greek: αὐθεντικός (authentikós) — accurate or definitive
• Italian: autoritario — accurate or definitive
• Māori: pūkorero — accurate or definitive
• Polish: miarodajny — accurate or definitive
• Portuguese: definitivo — accurate or definitive
• Portuguese: respeitado — accurate or definitive
• Portuguese: completo — accurate or definitive
• Portuguese: autoritativo — accurate or definitive
• Russian: авторите́тный (avtoritétnyj) — accurate or definitive
• Russian: достове́рный (dostovérnyj) — accurate or definitive
• Spanish: fidedigno — accurate or definitive
• Spanish: autorizado — accurate or definitive
• Swedish: auktoritativ — accurate or definitive
• Ukrainian: авторите́тний (avtorytétnyj) — accurate or definitive
• Bulgarian: заповеднически (zapovedničeski) — having a commanding style
• Chinese Mandarin: 命令式的 (mìnglìng shì de) — having a commanding style
• Czech: autoritářský — having a commanding style
• Finnish: käskevä — having a commanding style
• Finnish: määräilevä — having a commanding style
• French: magistériel — having a commanding style
• German: gebieterisch — having a commanding style
• Ido: autoritatoza — having a commanding style
• Italian: autoritario — having a commanding style
• Norwegian: myndig — having a commanding style
• Polish: autorytatywny — having a commanding style
• Portuguese: autoritário — having a commanding style
• Russian: вла́стный (vlástnyj) — having a commanding style
• Russian: повели́тельный (povelítelʹnyj) — having a commanding style
• Spanish: autoritario — having a commanding style
• Swedish: myndig — having a commanding style
• Ukrainian: авторите́тний (avtorytétnyj) — having a commanding style
• Ukrainian: вла́дний (vládnyj) — having a commanding style