drastic

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• /ˈdɹæs.tɪk/
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• rhymes with -æstɪk
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• UK, rare: /ˈdrɑːstɪk/
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek δρᾰ́ω (drắō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δρᾶσῐς (drâsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek δρᾱστῐκός (drāstĭkós)der. English drastic From Ancient Greek δραστικός (drastikós, “active, efficient”), from δρᾶσις (drâsis, “strength, efficacy”), itself from δράω (dráō, “to do”).

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: drasties — extreme, severe
• Armenian: կտրուկ (ktruk) — extreme, severe
• Armenian: վճռական (včṙakan) — extreme, severe
• Armenian: արմատական (armatakan) — extreme, severe
• Asturian: drásticu — extreme, severe
• Bulgarian: драстичен (drastičen) — extreme, severe
• Catalan: dràstic — extreme, severe
• Chinese Mandarin: 大刀闊斧 /大刀阔斧 (dàdāokuòfǔ) — extreme, severe
• Czech: drastický — extreme, severe
• Dutch: drastisch — extreme, severe
• Esperanto: drasta — extreme, severe
• Esperanto: radikala — extreme, severe
• Finnish: radikaali — extreme, severe
• Finnish: äärimmäinen — extreme, severe
• Finnish: drastinen — extreme, severe
• French: draconien — extreme, severe
• French: drastique — extreme, severe
• French: énergique — extreme, severe
• Galician: drástico — extreme, severe
• German: drastisch — extreme, severe
• Hebrew: דרסטי (drasti) — extreme, severe
• Hungarian: drasztikus — extreme, severe
• Ido: drastika — extreme, severe
• Indonesian: drastis — extreme, severe
• Italian: drastico — extreme, severe
• Occitan: drastic — extreme, severe
• Polish: drastyczny — extreme, severe
• Portuguese: drástico — extreme, severe
• Russian: интенсивный (intensivnyj) — extreme, severe
• Russian: реши́тельный (rešítelʹnyj) — extreme, severe
• Russian: радикальный (radikalʹnyj) — extreme, severe
• Russian: глубо́кий (glubókij) — extreme, severe
• Russian: ре́зкий (rézkij) — extreme, severe
• Russian: невероя́тный (neverojátnyj) — extreme, severe
• Spanish: drástico — extreme, severe
• Swedish: drastisk — extreme, severe
• Turkish: köklü — extreme, severe