inactive

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• /ɪnˈæktɪv/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N AE1 K T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h2eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h2éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Latin ināctīvuslbor. French inactifder. English inactive From French inactif. Piecewise doublet of unactive.

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَامِد (ḵāmid) — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Bulgarian: бездеен (bezdeen) — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Catalan: inactiu — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Czech: nečinný — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Finnish: epäaktiivinen — not active, temporarily or permanently
• French: inactif — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Galician: inactivo — not active, temporarily or permanently
• German: inaktiv — not active, temporarily or permanently
• German: untätig — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Greek: αδρανής (adranís) — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Hindi: निष्क्रिय (niṣkriya) — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Hindi: अक्रिय (akriya) — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Italian: inattivo — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Japanese: 不活発な (fukappatsu na) — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Japanese: 休止中の (kyūshichū no) — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Japanese: つまらない (tsumaranai) — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Manx: lhiastey — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Manx: lhiastagh — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Manx: gyn lheihll — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Manx: neuharrooagh — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Manx: neughastey — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Manx: neuvioyr — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Manx: neuvioyral — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Māori: houtete — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Māori: hōngoingoi — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Māori: makuku — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Māori: maurinoho — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Norwegian Bokmål: inaktiv — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Norwegian Nynorsk: inaktiv — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Polish: nieaktywny — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Polish: bezczynny — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Portuguese: inativo — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Russian: неакти́вный (neaktívnyj) — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Russian: безде́йствующий (bezdéjstvujuščij) — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Russian: неде́йствующий (nedéjstvujuščij) — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Slovak: nečinný — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Slovak: neaktívny — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Spanish: inactivo — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Swedish: inaktiv — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Turkish: aktif değil — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Turkish: çalışmıyor — not active, temporarily or permanently
• Bulgarian: неработещ (nerabotešt) — not functioning or operating; broken down
• Finnish: rikki — not functioning or operating; broken down
• Greek: χαλασμένος (chalasménos) — not functioning or operating; broken down
• Hindi: निष्क्रिय (niṣkriya) — not functioning or operating; broken down
• Polish: zepsuty — not functioning or operating; broken down
• Slovak: nefunkčný — not functioning or operating; broken down
• Bulgarian: запасен (zapasen) — retired from duty or service
• Finnish: eronnut — retired from duty or service
• Slovak: vo výslužbe — retired from duty or service
• Bulgarian: инертен (inerten) — relatively inert
• Catalan: inactiu — relatively inert
• Finnish: inaktiivinen — relatively inert
• Greek: αδρανής (adranís) — relatively inert
• Hindi: निष्क्रिय (niṣkriya) — relatively inert
• Hindi: अक्रिय (akriya) — relatively inert
• Polish: bierny — relatively inert
• Slovak: neaktívny — relatively inert
• Slovak: nereaktívny — relatively inert
• Slovak: inertný — relatively inert
• Finnish: inaktiivinen — showing no optical activity in polarized light
• Polish: obojętny — in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds
• Polish: bierny — in chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds