innovative

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• UK: /ɪnˈnɒ.və.tɪv/
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• UK: /ˈɪn.əˌveɪ.tɪv/
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• UK: /ɪˈnəʊ.və.tɪv/
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• US: /ˈɪn.əˌveɪtɪv/
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• US: /ˈɪn.oʊˌveɪtɪv/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH1 N AH0 V EY2 T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IH1 N OW0 V EY2 T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Indo-European *néweh2ti Proto-Italic *nowāō Latin novō Latin innovō Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin innovātusbor. English innovate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English innovative From innovate + -ive.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِبْتِكارِيّ (ibtikāriyy) — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Arabic: مُبْتَكَر (mubtakar) — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Belarusian: інавацы́йны (inavacýjny) — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Bulgarian: новаторски (novatorski) — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Catalan: innovador — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Czech: inovativní — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Danish: opfindsom — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Danish: nyskabende — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Dutch: innovatief — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Finnish: innovatiivinen — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• French: novateur — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• French: innovant — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Galician: innovador — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• German: innovativ — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Greek: καινοτόμος (kainotómos) — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Greek: νεωτεριστικός (neoteristikós) — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Hebrew: חדשני (khadshaní) — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Hindi: नाविन्य (nāvinya) — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Hungarian: innovatív — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Italian: innovativo — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Japanese: 革新的な (kakushintekina) — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Kazakh: жаңашылдық (jañaşyldyq) — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Khmer: ច្នៃប្រឌិតថ្មី (cnay prɑdɨt tməy) — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Māori: auaha — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Norwegian: banebrytende — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Norwegian Bokmål: nyskapende — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Norwegian Bokmål: innovativ — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nyskapande — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Norwegian Nynorsk: innovativ — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Norwegian Nynorsk: banebrytande — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Occitan: innovador — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Polish: innowacyjny — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Portuguese: inovador — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Portuguese: inovativo — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Romanian: inovator — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Russian: инновацио́нный (innovaciónnyj) — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉnovatīvan — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Serbo-Croatian: иновативан — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Spanish: innovador — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Spanish: innovativo — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Spanish: novedoso — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Spanish: pionero — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Swedish: innovativ — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Swedish: nyskapande — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Swedish: påhittig — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Swedish: uppfinningsrik — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Ukrainian: інноваці́йний (innovacíjnyj) — characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
• Catalan: innovador — forward looking; ahead of current thinking
• Finnish: kaukonäköinen — forward looking; ahead of current thinking
• Galician: innovador — forward looking; ahead of current thinking
• German: innovativ — forward looking; ahead of current thinking
• Greek: προηγμένος (proïgménos) — forward looking; ahead of current thinking
• Hungarian: innovatív — forward looking; ahead of current thinking
• Japanese: 革新的な (kakushintekina) — forward looking; ahead of current thinking
• Russian: передово́й (peredovój) — forward looking; ahead of current thinking
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉnovatīvan — forward looking; ahead of current thinking
• Serbo-Croatian: иновативан — forward looking; ahead of current thinking
• Swedish: innovativ — forward looking; ahead of current thinking
• Swedish: visionär — forward looking; ahead of current thinking