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Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Of or relating to consumption.
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Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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tending to consume or use often wastefully
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses
- duties consumptive of time and energy
- consumptive fires
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: generative
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a consumptive patient
- a consumptive cough
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lunger, tubercular
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sick person, diseased person, sufferer
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h1em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h1émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmō Latin cōnsūmptus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -ive Middle English consumptive English consumptive From con- + Latin sūmptus + -ive, from Middle English consumptive, from Latin cōnsūmptus, past participle of cōnsūmō.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
изтощителен
(iztoštitelen)
— having a tendency to consume
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Catalan:
consumptiu
— having a tendency to consume
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Finnish:
kuluttava
— having a tendency to consume
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Polish:
rujnujący
— having a tendency to consume
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Polish:
niszczący
— having a tendency to consume
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Portuguese:
consumidor
— having a tendency to consume
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Portuguese:
consuntivo
— having a tendency to consume
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Ukrainian:
виснажливий
(vysnažlyvyj)
— having a tendency to consume
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Ukrainian:
руйнівний
(rujnivnyj)
— having a tendency to consume
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Catalan:
consumidor
— of or relating to consumption
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Finnish:
kulutus-
— of or relating to consumption
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German:
schwindsüchtig
— of or relating to consumption
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Polish:
żywieniowy
— of or relating to consumption
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Portuguese:
consumidor
— of or relating to consumption
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Spanish:
consumidor
— of or relating to consumption
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Bulgarian:
туберкулозен
(tuberkulozen)
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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Catalan:
tísic
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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Dutch:
tuberculeus
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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Finnish:
tuberkuloottinen
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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French:
tuberculeux
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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French:
tuberculeuse
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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Ido:
tuberklosiko
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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Ido:
tuberklosika
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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Polish:
suchotniczy
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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Portuguese:
tuberculoso
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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Portuguese:
tísico
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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Spanish:
tísico
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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Turkish:
veremli
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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Turkish:
müteverrim
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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Ukrainian:
сухотний
(suxotnyj)
— relating to pulmonary tuberculosis
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Bulgarian:
туберкулозен
(tuberkulozen)
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Catalan:
tísic
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Dutch:
teringlijder
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Finnish:
tuberkuloosipotilas
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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French:
tuberculeux
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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French:
tuberculeuse
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Hungarian:
tüdőbajos
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Hungarian:
tüdővészes
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Hungarian:
hektikás
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Polish:
suchotnik
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Polish:
suchotniczka
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Portuguese:
tuberculoso
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Portuguese:
tísico
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Romanian:
tuberculos
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Romanian:
tuberculoasă
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Spanish:
tísico
— person with pulmonary tuberculosis