inquisitive

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Late 14th century, from Old French inquisitif, from Late Latin inquisitivus, from Latin inquisitus, past participle of inquirere. See also inquire.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հետաքրքրասեր (hetakʻrkʻraser) — eager to acquire knowledge
• Azerbaijani: maraqcıl — eager to acquire knowledge
• Azerbaijani: bilikcil — eager to acquire knowledge
• Bengali: পর্যুৎসুক (porjutśuk) — eager to acquire knowledge
• Bulgarian: любознателен (ljuboznatelen) — eager to acquire knowledge
• Cebuano: masukitsukiton — eager to acquire knowledge
• Cebuano: mausisahon — eager to acquire knowledge
• Chinese Mandarin: 好奇 (hàoqí) — eager to acquire knowledge
• Danish: nysgerrig — eager to acquire knowledge
• Danish: videbegærlig — eager to acquire knowledge
• Dutch: nieuwsgierig — eager to acquire knowledge
• Dutch: leergierig — eager to acquire knowledge
• Esperanto: scivola — eager to acquire knowledge
• Finnish: utelias — eager to acquire knowledge
• Finnish: tiedonhaluinen — eager to acquire knowledge
• Finnish: tiedonjanoinen — eager to acquire knowledge
• Galician: inquisitivo — eager to acquire knowledge
• German: neugierig — eager to acquire knowledge
• German: wissbegierig — eager to acquire knowledge
• Hindi: जिज्ञासु (jijñāsu) — eager to acquire knowledge
• Hindi: कुतूहली (kutūhlī) — eager to acquire knowledge
• Hindi: प्रश्नशील (praśnaśīl) — eager to acquire knowledge
• Hungarian: kíváncsi — eager to acquire knowledge
• Hungarian: fürkész — eager to acquire knowledge
• Japanese: 知りたがる (shiritagaru) — eager to acquire knowledge
• Latvian: ziņkārīgs — eager to acquire knowledge
• Latvian: ziņkārs — eager to acquire knowledge
• Norwegian Bokmål: vitebegjærlig — eager to acquire knowledge
• Norwegian Bokmål: nysgjerrig — eager to acquire knowledge
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forviten — eager to acquire knowledge
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vitekjær — eager to acquire knowledge
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nyfiken — eager to acquire knowledge
• Persian: کنجکاو (konjkâv) — eager to acquire knowledge
• Polish: dociekliwy — eager to acquire knowledge
• Portuguese: inquisitivo — eager to acquire knowledge
• Russian: любозна́тельный (ljuboznátelʹnyj) — eager to acquire knowledge
• Russian: пытли́вый (pytlívyj) — eager to acquire knowledge
• Russian: любопы́тный (ljubopýtnyj) — eager to acquire knowledge
• Serbo-Croatian: радознао — eager to acquire knowledge
• Serbo-Croatian: знатижељан — eager to acquire knowledge
• Serbo-Croatian: radoznao — eager to acquire knowledge
• Serbo-Croatian: znatiželjan — eager to acquire knowledge
• Spanish: inquisitivo — eager to acquire knowledge
• Swedish: vetgirig — eager to acquire knowledge
• Swedish: frågvis — eager to acquire knowledge
• Vietnamese: tò mò — eager to acquire knowledge
• Bulgarian: досадно любопитен (dosadno ljubopiten) — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Dutch: nieuwsgierig — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Finnish: tunkeileva — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• French: curieux — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• German: neugierig — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Hungarian: kíváncsiskodó — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Hungarian: tolakodó — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Hungarian: indiszkrét — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Hungarian: tapintatlan — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Hungarian: kandi — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Hungarian: minden lében kanál — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Italian: curioso — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Italian: indiscreto — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Jamaican Creole: fass — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Latin: curiosus — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Māori: mahira — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Māori: māhirahira — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Norwegian Bokmål: nysgjerrig — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Plautdietsch: nieschierich — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Polish: ciekawski — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Polish: wścibski — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Portuguese: inquisitivo — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Portuguese: enxerido — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Portuguese: intrometido — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Russian: любопы́тный (ljubopýtnyj) — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Spanish: inquisitivo — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Spanish: curioso — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Swedish: nyfiken — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Thai: สอดรู้สอดเห็น (sɔ̀ɔt-rúu-sɔ̀ɔt-hěn) — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Thai: ขี้เสือก — too curious; overly interested; nosy
• Vietnamese: dòm ngó — too curious; overly interested; nosy