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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈluː.kɹə.tɪv/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈlu.kɹə.tɪv/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈlu.kɹə.ɾɪv]
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• Australian: /ˈlʉː.kɹə.tɪv/
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• Australian: [ˈlʉː.kɹə.ɾɪv]
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Borrowed from French lucratif, from Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), from lucratus, past participle of lucror (“to gain”), from lucrum (“gain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh2w- (“profit, gain”). Compare Spanish lucrar. By surface analysis, lucre + -ative.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изгоден (izgoden) — producing a surplus
• Bulgarian: доходен (dohoden) — producing a surplus
• Catalan: lucratiu — producing a surplus
• Czech: výnosný — producing a surplus
• Czech: lukrativní — producing a surplus
• Danish: lukrativ — producing a surplus
• Dutch: lucratief — producing a surplus
• Dutch: winstgevend — producing a surplus
• Finnish: tuottava — producing a surplus
• Finnish: tuottoisa — producing a surplus
• French: lucratif — producing a surplus
• German: lukrativ — producing a surplus
• German: rentabel — producing a surplus
• Greek: επικερδής (epikerdís) — producing a surplus
• Greek: κερδοφόρος (kerdofóros) — producing a surplus
• Greek: προσοδοφόρος (prosodofóros) — producing a surplus
• Hebrew: רווחי (rivḥi) — producing a surplus
• Hindi: लाभदायक (lābhdāyak) — producing a surplus
• Hindi: लाभकारी (lābhkārī) — producing a surplus
• Hindi: लाभकारक (lābhkārak) — producing a surplus
• Hindi: लाभप्रद (lābhaprad) — producing a surplus
• Icelandic: arðbær — producing a surplus
• Icelandic: ábatasamur — producing a surplus
• Icelandic: arðsamur — producing a surplus
• Icelandic: gróða- — producing a surplus
• Irish: brabúsach — producing a surplus
• Irish: éadálach — producing a surplus
• Irish: gnóthachúil — producing a surplus
• Italian: redditizio — producing a surplus
• Italian: remunerativo — producing a surplus
• Italian: profittevole — producing a surplus
• Japanese: 儲かる (mōkaru) — producing a surplus
• Macedonian: доходовен (dohodoven) — producing a surplus
• Macedonian: доходен (dohoden) — producing a surplus
• Polish: zyskowny — producing a surplus
• Polish: lukratywny — producing a surplus
• Polish: dochodowy — producing a surplus
• Polish: intratny — producing a surplus
• Portuguese: lucrativo — producing a surplus
• Romanian: lucrativ — producing a surplus
• Russian: при́быльный (príbylʹnyj) — producing a surplus
• Russian: окупа́емый (okupájemyj) — producing a surplus
• Russian: принося́щий при́быль (prinosjáščij) — producing a surplus
• Slovak: výnosný — producing a surplus
• Slovene: donosen — producing a surplus
• Spanish: lucrativo — producing a surplus
• Spanish: lucroso — producing a surplus
• Swedish: lukrativ — producing a surplus
• Turkish: kazançlı — producing a surplus