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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈveɪsɪv/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /-zɪv/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N V EY1 S IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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PIE word *h1én The adjective is derived from Middle English invasif (“of a weapon: offensive”), from Middle French invasif, Old French invasif (“invasive”) (modern French invasif), from Medieval Latin invāsīvus, from Latin invāsus (“entered; invaded”) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives). Invāsus is the perfect passive participle of invādō (“to enter; to invade”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’) + vādō (“to go; to rush; to walk”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh2dh- (“to go, proceed; to pass, traverse”)). The noun is derived from the adjective.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: агресивен (agresiven) — that invades a foreign country using military force; militarily aggressive
• Catalan: invasiu — that invades a foreign country using military force; militarily aggressive
• French: d'invasion — that invades a foreign country using military force; militarily aggressive
• Italian: di invasione — that invades a foreign country using military force; militarily aggressive
• Polish: inwazyjny — that invades a foreign country using military force; militarily aggressive
• Portuguese: invasor — that invades a foreign country using military force; militarily aggressive
• Romanian: de invazie — that invades a foreign country using military force; militarily aggressive
• Swedish: invaderande — that invades a foreign country using military force; militarily aggressive
• Catalan: invasiu — intrusive on one’s privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
• French: invasif — intrusive on one’s privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
• Italian: invadente — intrusive on one’s privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
• Italian: invasivo — intrusive on one’s privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
• Portuguese: invasivo — intrusive on one’s privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
• Spanish: invasivo — intrusive on one’s privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
• Swedish: inträngande — intrusive on one’s privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
• Swedish: påträngande — intrusive on one’s privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
• Arabic: غَازٍ — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• Catalan: invasiu — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• Czech: invazivní — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• French: invasif — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• French: envahissant — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• German: invasiv — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• Italian: invasivo — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• Italian: invadente — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• Norwegian Bokmål: invasiv — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• Norwegian Bokmål: invaderende — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• Norwegian Nynorsk: invasiv — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• Polish: inwazyjny — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• Portuguese: invasor — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• Spanish: invasivo — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• Swedish: invasiv — of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies
• Armenian: ինվազիվ (invaziv) — of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body
• Bulgarian: инвазивен (invaziven) — of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body
• Catalan: invasiu — of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body
• Czech: invazivní — of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body
• French: invasif — of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body
• German: invasiv — of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body
• Italian: invasivo — of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body
• Norwegian Bokmål: invasiv — of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body
• Norwegian Nynorsk: invasiv — of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body
• Polish: inwazyjny — of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body
• Portuguese: invasivo — of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body
• Romanian: invaziv — of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body
• Russian: инвазивный (invazivnyj) — of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body
• Spanish: invasivo — of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body