effusive

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• /ɪˈfjuːsɪv/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 F Y UW0 S IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Medieval Latin effūsīvus, 1660s.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: експанзивен (ekspanziven) — extravagant or excessive
• Bulgarian: несдържан (nesdǎržan) — extravagant or excessive
• Catalan: efusiu — extravagant or excessive
• Catalan: emotiu — extravagant or excessive
• Danish: overvældende — extravagant or excessive
• Dutch: buitenissig — extravagant or excessive
• Dutch: excessief — extravagant or excessive
• Finnish: ylenpalttinen — extravagant or excessive
• Finnish: ylenmääräinen — extravagant or excessive
• Finnish: ylitsevuotava — extravagant or excessive
• French: expansif — extravagant or excessive
• French: généreux — extravagant or excessive
• French: émotif — extravagant or excessive
• German: überschwänglich — extravagant or excessive
• Greek: διαχυτικός (diachytikós) — extravagant or excessive
• Māori: pātere — extravagant or excessive
• Portuguese: efusivo — extravagant or excessive
• Russian: экспанси́вный (ekspansívnyj) — extravagant or excessive
• Russian: бу́рный (búrnyj) — extravagant or excessive
• Russian: необу́зданный (neobúzdannyj) — extravagant or excessive
• Russian: несде́ржанный (nesdéržannyj) — extravagant or excessive
• Russian: неуме́ренный (neumérennyj) — extravagant or excessive
• Russian: я́рко вы́раженный (járko výražennyj) — extravagant or excessive
• Spanish: comunicativo — extravagant or excessive
• Spanish: expansivo — extravagant or excessive
• Spanish: efusivo — extravagant or excessive
• Spanish: emotivo — extravagant or excessive
• Swedish: översvallande — extravagant or excessive
• Turkish: coşkulu — extravagant or excessive
• Turkish: coşkun — extravagant or excessive
• Turkish: taşkın — extravagant or excessive
• Bulgarian: преливащ (prelivašt) — pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing
• Catalan: efusiu — pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing
• French: effusif — pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing
• Māori: pātere — pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing
• Russian: переполня́ющий (perepolnjájuščij) — pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing
• Russian: лью́щийся че́рез край (lʹjúščijsja čérez kraj) — pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing
• Spanish: rebosante — pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing
• Finnish: ekstrusiivinen — extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
• French: effusif — extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
• German: vulkanisch — extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
• German: Extrusiv- — extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
• German: Erguss- — extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
• German: Ausbruchs- — extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
• German: Effusiv- — extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
• Romanian: efuziv — extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
• Russian: эффузивный (effuzivnyj) — extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
• Russian: вулканический (vulkaničeskij) — extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
• Russian: излившийся из вулкана (izlivšijsja iz vulkana) — extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava
• Spanish: extrusivo — extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava