creative

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• /kɹiˈeɪtɪv/
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Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create + -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ.

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَلَّاق (ḵallāq) — having the ability to create
• Arabic: إِبْداعِيّ (ʔibdāʕiyy) — having the ability to create
• Armenian: ստեղծարար (steġcarar) — having the ability to create
• Armenian: ստեղծագործ (steġcagorc) — having the ability to create
• Armenian: ստեղծագործական (steġcagorcakan) — having the ability to create
• Armenian: կրեատիվ (kreativ) — having the ability to create
• Azerbaijani: yaradıcı — having the ability to create
• Belarusian: тво́рчы (tvórčy) — having the ability to create
• Bulgarian: творчески (tvorčeski) — having the ability to create
• Bulgarian: съзидателен (sǎzidatelen) — having the ability to create
• Catalan: creatiu — having the ability to create
• Czech: tvořivý — having the ability to create
• Dutch: creatief — having the ability to create
• Esperanto: krea — having the ability to create
• Esperanto: kreema — having the ability to create
• Finnish: luova — having the ability to create
• French: créatif — having the ability to create
• Galician: creativo — having the ability to create
• Georgian: შემოქმედებითი (šemokmedebiti) — having the ability to create
• Georgian: კრეატიული (ḳreaṭiuli) — having the ability to create
• German: kreativ — having the ability to create
• German: schöpferisch — having the ability to create
• Greek: δημιουργικός (dimiourgikós) — having the ability to create
• Hebrew: יצירתי (yetsiratí) — having the ability to create
• Hindi: रचनात्मकता (racnātmaktā) — having the ability to create
• Hungarian: alkotó — having the ability to create
• Hungarian: kreatív — having the ability to create
• Icelandic: skapandi — having the ability to create
• Italian: creativo — having the ability to create
• Japanese: 創造的な (sōzōteki na) — having the ability to create
• Japanese: 独創的 (dokusōteki na) — having the ability to create
• Khmer: ច្នៃប្រឌិត (cnayprɑɑdɨt) — having the ability to create
• Malay: berdaya cipta — having the ability to create
• Malay: kreatif — having the ability to create
• Māori: auaha — having the ability to create
• Norwegian: skapende — having the ability to create
• Old English: orþanclīċ — having the ability to create
• Polish: twórczy — having the ability to create
• Portuguese: criativo — having the ability to create
• Portuguese: criador — having the ability to create
• Romanian: creativ — having the ability to create
• Romanian: creator — having the ability to create
• Romanian: inventiv — having the ability to create
• Russian: созида́тельный (sozidátelʹnyj) — having the ability to create
• Russian: тво́рческий (tvórčeskij) — having the ability to create
• Spanish: creativo — having the ability to create
• Swedish: kreativ — having the ability to create
• Tagalog: malikhain — having the ability to create
• Telugu: సృజనాత్మక (sr̥janātmaka) — having the ability to create
• Turkish: yaratıcı — having the ability to create
• Ukrainian: тво́рчий (tvórčyj) — having the ability to create
• Vietnamese: sáng tạo — having the ability to create
• Welsh: creadigol — having the ability to create
• Armenian: ստեղծագործական (steġcagorcakan) — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Armenian: կրեատիվ (kreativ) — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Azerbaijani: yaradıcı — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Belarusian: тво́рчы (tvórčy) — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Bulgarian: творчески (tvorčeski) — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Catalan: creatiu — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Czech: tvořivý — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Dutch: creatief — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Dutch: kunstzinnig — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Finnish: luova — original, expressive, and imaginative
• French: créatif — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Galician: creativo — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Georgian: შემოქმედებითი (šemokmedebiti) — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Georgian: კრეატიული (ḳreaṭiuli) — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Georgian: ორიგინალური (originaluri) — original, expressive, and imaginative
• German: kreativ — original, expressive, and imaginative
• German: originell — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Greek: δημιουργικός (dimiourgikós) — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Hindi: रचनात्मक (racnātmak) — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Hungarian: ötletes — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Hungarian: találékony — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Icelandic: skapandi — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Italian: creativo — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Japanese: 創造的な (sōzōteki na) — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Japanese: 独創的 (dokusōteki na) — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Latin: ingeniosus — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Norwegian: oppfinnsom — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Norwegian: kreativ — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Old English: orþanclīċ — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Polish: twórczy — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Polish: kreatywny — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Portuguese: criativo — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Romanian: creativ — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Spanish: creativo — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Swedish: kreativ — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Tagalog: malikhain — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Telugu: సృజనాత్మక (sr̥janātmaka) — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Thai: สร้างสรรค์ (sâang-sǎn) — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Turkish: yaratıcı — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Ukrainian: тво́рчий (tvórčyj) — original, expressive, and imaginative
• Catalan: creatiu — person directly involved in a creative marketing process
• Dutch: creatief — person directly involved in a creative marketing process
• Finnish: luovan työn tekijä — person directly involved in a creative marketing process
• French: créatif — person directly involved in a creative marketing process
• French: créative — person directly involved in a creative marketing process
• Hungarian: alkotó — person directly involved in a creative marketing process
• Italian: creativo — person directly involved in a creative marketing process
• Italian: creativa — person directly involved in a creative marketing process
• Portuguese: criativo — person directly involved in a creative marketing process
• Portuguese: criativa — person directly involved in a creative marketing process
• Spanish: creativo — person directly involved in a creative marketing process
• Spanish: creativa — person directly involved in a creative marketing process
• Finnish: visumateriaali — artistic material
• Finnish: visut — artistic material