constructive

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• /kənˈstɹʌktɪv/
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From Latin cōnstrūctīvus. By surface analysis, construct + -ive.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: կառուցողական (kaṙucʻoġakan) — relating to or causing construction
• Asturian: constructivu — relating to or causing construction
• Bulgarian: строи́телен (stroítelen) — relating to or causing construction
• Bulgarian: конструкти́вен (konstruktíven) — relating to or causing construction
• Catalan: constructiu — relating to or causing construction
• Galician: construtivo — relating to or causing construction
• Ancient Greek: συνθετικός (sunthetikós) — relating to or causing construction
• Japanese: 建設的な (kensetsuteki na) — relating to or causing construction
• Norwegian Bokmål: konstruktiv — relating to or causing construction
• Norwegian Nynorsk: konstruktiv — relating to or causing construction
• Portuguese: construtivo — relating to or causing construction
• Romanian: de construcție — relating to or causing construction
• Romanian: construcțional — relating to or causing construction
• Russian: строи́тельный (stroítelʹnyj) — relating to or causing construction
• Spanish: constructivo — relating to or causing construction
• Tagalog: mapamuo — relating to or causing construction
• Armenian: կառուցողական (kaṙucʻoġakan) — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Asturian: constructivu — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Belarusian: канструкты́ўны (kanstruktýwny) — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Bulgarian: конструкти́вен (konstruktíven) — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Catalan: constructiu — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Chinese Mandarin: 建設性的 /建设性的 (jiànshèxìng de) — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Danish: konstruktiv — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Dutch: constructief — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Finnish: rakentava — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• French: constructif — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Galician: construtivo — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• German: konstruktiv — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Hungarian: konstruktív — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Italian: costruttivo — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Japanese: 建設的な (kensetsuteki na) — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Norwegian Bokmål: konstruktiv — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Norwegian Nynorsk: konstruktiv — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Polish: konstruktywny — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Portuguese: construtivo — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Romanian: constructiv — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Russian: конструкти́вный (konstruktívnyj) — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Spanish: constructivo — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Swedish: konstruktiv — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Tagalog: mapamuo — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Ukrainian: конструкти́вний (konstruktývnyj) — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• Welsh: adeiladol — carefully considered and meant to be helpful
• French: implicite — imputed by law
• Japanese: 見做しの (minashi no) — imputed by law
• Japanese: 推定上の (suiteijō no) — imputed by law