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educative

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: EH2 JH IH0 K EY1 T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Serving to educate; educational.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: didactic, educational, instructive

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

resulting in education

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an educative experience

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English educate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English educative From educate + -ive.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: educatief — educational
  • French: éducatif — educational
  • French: éducative — educational
  • Japanese: 教育的な (kyōikuteki na) — educational
  • Polish: edukacyjny — educational
  • Polish: wychowawczy — educational
  • Portuguese: educativo — educational
  • Portuguese: educacional — educational
  • Portuguese: educador — educational
  • Romanian: educativ — educational
  • Spanish: educativo — educational
  • Welsh: addysgiadol — educational