pensive

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• UK, US: /ˈpɛn(t).sɪv/
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• CMU ARPABET: P EH1 N S IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English pensif, pensyfe, pencyve, from Old French pensif (“thoughtful”), from penser (“to think”) (from Latin pēnsō) + -if (English -ive).

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُفَكِّر (mufakkir) — having the appearance of thinking
• Arabic: مُتَأَمِّل (mutaʔammil) — having the appearance of thinking
• Arabic: فِكِّير (fikkīr) — having the appearance of thinking
• Arabic: مُسْتَغْرِق بِالْأَفْكَار (mustaḡriq bi-l-ʔafkār) — having the appearance of thinking
• Asturian: pensatible — having the appearance of thinking
• Azerbaijani: fikirli — having the appearance of thinking
• Azerbaijani: dalğın — having the appearance of thinking
• Bulgarian: замислен (zamislen) — having the appearance of thinking
• Catalan: pensatiu — having the appearance of thinking
• Czech: zadumaný — having the appearance of thinking
• Czech: zádumčivý — having the appearance of thinking
• Czech: zamyšlený — having the appearance of thinking
• Czech: zahloubaný — having the appearance of thinking
• Danish: eftertænksom — having the appearance of thinking
• Danish: tankefuld — having the appearance of thinking
• Esperanto: pensema — having the appearance of thinking
• Estonian: mõtlik — having the appearance of thinking
• Finnish: mietteliäs — having the appearance of thinking
• French: pensif — having the appearance of thinking
• German: nachdenklich — having the appearance of thinking
• German: gedankenvoll — having the appearance of thinking
• German: gedankenverloren — having the appearance of thinking
• German: in Gedanken versunken — having the appearance of thinking
• Hindi: विचारमग्न (vicārmagna) — having the appearance of thinking
• Hindi: चिंतामग्न (cintāmagna) — having the appearance of thinking
• Hindi: ध्यानमग्न (dhyānmagna) — having the appearance of thinking
• Hindi: विषादग्रस्त (viṣādagrast) — having the appearance of thinking
• Hindi: विषण्ण (viṣaṇṇ) — having the appearance of thinking
• Hindi: मुतफ़क्किर (mutfakkir) — having the appearance of thinking
• Italian: pensieroso — having the appearance of thinking
• Italian: contemplativo — having the appearance of thinking
• Italian: estraniato — having the appearance of thinking
• Italian: pensoso — having the appearance of thinking
• Italian: meditabondo — having the appearance of thinking
• Italian: cogitabondo — having the appearance of thinking
• Māori: whakamoemoeā — having the appearance of thinking
• Middle English: sad — having the appearance of thinking
• Norwegian: tankefull — having the appearance of thinking
• Norwegian: ettertenksom — having the appearance of thinking
• Polish: zadumany — having the appearance of thinking
• Polish: zamyślony — having the appearance of thinking
• Portuguese: pensativo — having the appearance of thinking
• Romanian: gânditor — having the appearance of thinking
• Romanian: îngândurat — having the appearance of thinking
• Russian: заду́мчивый (zadúmčivyj) — having the appearance of thinking
• Russian: размышля́ющий (razmyšljájuščij) — having the appearance of thinking
• Serbo-Croatian: zàmišljen — having the appearance of thinking
• Spanish: pensativo — having the appearance of thinking
• Spanish: meditabundo — having the appearance of thinking
• Swedish: fundersam — having the appearance of thinking
• Ottoman Turkish: طالغین (dalgın) — having the appearance of thinking
• Ukrainian: заду́мливий (zadúmlyvyj) — having the appearance of thinking
• Bulgarian: тъжен (tǎžen) — looking thoughtful or sad
• Catalan: pensatiu — looking thoughtful or sad
• Czech: zadumaný — looking thoughtful or sad
• Danish: eftertænksom — looking thoughtful or sad
• Danish: tungsindig — looking thoughtful or sad
• Esperanto: pripensema — looking thoughtful or sad
• Finnish: mietteliäs — looking thoughtful or sad
• French: pensif — looking thoughtful or sad
• French: chagrin — looking thoughtful or sad
• French: mélancolique — looking thoughtful or sad
• German: nachdenklich — looking thoughtful or sad
• German: gedankenverloren — looking thoughtful or sad
• German: sinnig — looking thoughtful or sad
• German: traurig dreinblickend — looking thoughtful or sad
• Italian: pensieroso — looking thoughtful or sad
• Korean: 수심(愁心) 어린 (susim eorin) — looking thoughtful or sad
• Middle English: sad — looking thoughtful or sad
• Norwegian: tankefull — looking thoughtful or sad
• Norwegian: ettertenksom — looking thoughtful or sad
• Persian: پکر (pakar) — looking thoughtful or sad
• Portuguese: pensativo — looking thoughtful or sad
• Russian: печа́льный (pečálʹnyj) — looking thoughtful or sad
• Russian: гру́стный (grústnyj) — looking thoughtful or sad
• Serbo-Croatian: zàmišljen — looking thoughtful or sad
• Spanish: pensativo — looking thoughtful or sad
• Spanish: amohinado — looking thoughtful or sad
• Spanish: melancólico — looking thoughtful or sad
• Spanish: meditabundo — looking thoughtful or sad
• Swedish: fundersam — looking thoughtful or sad
• Swedish: tankfull — looking thoughtful or sad
• Ukrainian: заду́мливий (zadúmlyvyj) — looking thoughtful or sad