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From Old French positif, from Latin positivus, from the past participle stem of ponere (“to place”). Compare posit.

291 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: դրական (drakan) — not negative or neutral
• Bulgarian: положителен (položitelen) — not negative or neutral
• Esperanto: pozitiva — not negative or neutral
• Georgian: დადებითი (dadebiti) — not negative or neutral
• Georgian: პოზიტიური (ṗoziṭiuri) — not negative or neutral
• German: positiv — not negative or neutral
• Greek: θετικός (thetikós) — not negative or neutral
• Hungarian: pozitív — not negative or neutral
• Hungarian: kedvező — not negative or neutral
• Hungarian: helyeslő — not negative or neutral
• Hungarian: támogató — not negative or neutral
• Hungarian: igenlő — not negative or neutral
• Hungarian: biztató — not negative or neutral
• Irish: deimhneach — not negative or neutral
• Russian: положи́тельный (položítelʹnyj) — not negative or neutral
• Russian: позити́вный (pozitívnyj) — not negative or neutral
• Serbo-Croatian: pozitivan — not negative or neutral
• Slovak: pozitívny — not negative or neutral
• Slovak: kladný — not negative or neutral
• Ukrainian: додатний (dodatnyj) — not negative or neutral
• Armenian: դրական (drakan) — legal: formally laid down
• Chinese Mandarin: 确定的 (quèdìng de) — legal: formally laid down
• Danish: positiv — legal: formally laid down
• Dutch: positief — legal: formally laid down
• Finnish: positiivinen — legal: formally laid down
• French: positif — legal: formally laid down
• German: positiv — legal: formally laid down
• Italian: positivo — legal: formally laid down
• Japanese: 明確な (meikaku na) — legal: formally laid down
• Khmer: ជាវិជ្ជមាន (chea vichchomean) — legal: formally laid down
• Korean: 확실한 (hwaksilhan) — legal: formally laid down
• Portuguese: positivo — legal: formally laid down
• Romanian: pozitiv — legal: formally laid down
• Russian: положи́тельный (položítelʹnyj) — legal: formally laid down
• Russian: позити́вный (pozitívnyj) — legal: formally laid down
• Spanish: positivo — legal: formally laid down
• Swedish: positiv — legal: formally laid down
• Turkish: pozitif — legal: formally laid down
• Turkish: olumlu — legal: formally laid down
• Vietnamese: luật thực định — legal: formally laid down
• Vietnamese: luật chế định — legal: formally laid down
• Vietnamese: luật thực chứng — legal: formally laid down
• Bulgarian: определен (opredelen) — stated definitively and without qualification
• Finnish: varma — stated definitively and without qualification
• Finnish: vakuuttava — stated definitively and without qualification
• Ancient Greek: θετικός (thetikós) — stated definitively and without qualification
• Hungarian: határozott — stated definitively and without qualification
• Hungarian: világos — stated definitively and without qualification
• Hungarian: kétségtelen — stated definitively and without qualification
• Hungarian: egyértelmű — stated definitively and without qualification
• Hungarian: feltétlen — stated definitively and without qualification
• Hungarian: döntő — stated definitively and without qualification
• Finnish: varma — fully assured in opinion, confident
• Hungarian: biztos — fully assured in opinion, confident
• Hungarian: bizonyos — fully assured in opinion, confident
• Hungarian: meg van győződve — fully assured in opinion, confident
• Hungarian: magabiztos — fully assured in opinion, confident
• Māori: ngākau reka — fully assured in opinion, confident
• Polish: przekonany — fully assured in opinion, confident
• Scottish Gaelic: deimhinn — fully assured in opinion, confident
• Serbo-Croatian: siguran — fully assured in opinion, confident
• Slovak: istý — fully assured in opinion, confident
• Swedish: säker — fully assured in opinion, confident
• Swedish: övertygad — fully assured in opinion, confident
• Turkish: emin — fully assured in opinion, confident
• Arabic: مُوجَب (mūjab) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Armenian: դրական (drakan) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Azerbaijani: müsbət — mathematics: greater than zero
• Belarusian: дада́тны (dadátny) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Belarusian: пазіты́ўны (pazitýwny) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Bulgarian: положителен (položitelen) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Catalan: positiu — mathematics: greater than zero
• Chinese Mandarin: 正 (zhèng) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Czech: kladný — mathematics: greater than zero
• Dutch: positief — mathematics: greater than zero
• Finnish: positiivinen — mathematics: greater than zero
• French: strictement positif — mathematics: greater than zero
• Georgian: დადებითი (dadebiti) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Greek: θετικός (thetikós) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Hungarian: pozitív (előjelű) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Irish: deimhneach — mathematics: greater than zero
• Japanese: 正 (sei) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Khmer: ភាពវិជ្ជមាន (pheap vichchomean) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Korean: 양 (yang) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Latvian: pozitīvs — mathematics: greater than zero
• Māori: tōrunga — mathematics: greater than zero
• Marathi: धन (dhana) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Polish: dodatni — mathematics: greater than zero
• Portuguese: positivo — mathematics: greater than zero
• Punjabi: ਧਨਾਤਮਿਕ (dhanātmik) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Romanian: pozitiv — mathematics: greater than zero
• Russian: положи́тельный (položítelʹnyj) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Slovak: kladný — mathematics: greater than zero
• Slovak: pozitívny — mathematics: greater than zero
• Spanish: positivo — mathematics: greater than zero
• Swedish: positiv — mathematics: greater than zero
• Tagalog: tahas — mathematics: greater than zero
• Thai: บวก (bùuak) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Ukrainian: дода́тний (dodátnyj) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Ukrainian: позити́вний (pozytývnyj) — mathematics: greater than zero
• Vietnamese: dương — mathematics: greater than zero
• Armenian: դրական (drakan) — characterised by constructiveness
• Azerbaijani: müsbət — characterised by constructiveness
• Belarusian: стано́ўчы (stanówčy) — characterised by constructiveness
• Belarusian: дада́тны (dadátny) — characterised by constructiveness
• Belarusian: позіты́ўны (pozitýwny) — characterised by constructiveness
• Bhojpuri: आशावादी (āśāvādī) — characterised by constructiveness
• Catalan: positiu — characterised by constructiveness
• Czech: pozitivní — characterised by constructiveness
• Finnish: rakentava — characterised by constructiveness
• Finnish: myönteinen — characterised by constructiveness
• Hindi: आशावादी (āśāvādī) — characterised by constructiveness
• Hungarian: pozitív — characterised by constructiveness
• Hungarian: konstruktív — characterised by constructiveness
• Hungarian: építő (jellegű) — characterised by constructiveness
• Māori: ngākau reka — characterised by constructiveness
• Occitan: positiu — characterised by constructiveness
• Portuguese: positivo — characterised by constructiveness
• Russian: позити́вный (pozitívnyj) — characterised by constructiveness
• Russian: положи́тельный (položítelʹnyj) — characterised by constructiveness
• Slovak: pozitívny — characterised by constructiveness
• Spanish: positivo — characterised by constructiveness
• Ukrainian: позити́вний (pozytývnyj) — characterised by constructiveness
• Bulgarian: самоуверен (samouveren) — overconfident, dogmatic
• Finnish: itsevarma — overconfident, dogmatic
• Hungarian: elbizakodott — overconfident, dogmatic
• Hungarian: önelégült — overconfident, dogmatic
• Swedish: tvärsäker — overconfident, dogmatic
• Arabic: إِيجَابِيّ (ʔījābiyy) — philosophy: actual, real, concrete
• Bulgarian: реален (realen) — philosophy: actual, real, concrete
• Finnish: todellinen — philosophy: actual, real, concrete
• Hungarian: tényleges — philosophy: actual, real, concrete
• Hungarian: valós — philosophy: actual, real, concrete
• Hungarian: tényeken alapuló — philosophy: actual, real, concrete
• Irish: deimhneach — philosophy: actual, real, concrete
• Swedish: verklig — philosophy: actual, real, concrete
• Swedish: reell — philosophy: actual, real, concrete
• Swedish: faktisk — philosophy: actual, real, concrete
• Arabic: مُوجَب (mūjab) — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Armenian: դրական (drakan) — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Azerbaijani: müsbət — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Catalan: positiu — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Czech: kladný — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Dutch: positief — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Finnish: positiivinen — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Hindi: धन (dhan) — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Hungarian: pozitív (töltésű) — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Irish: deimhneach — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Māori: tōrunga — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Marathi: धन (dhana) — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Polish: dodatni — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Portuguese: positivo — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Romanian: pozitiv — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Russian: положи́тельный (položítelʹnyj) — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Slovak: kladný — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Spanish: positivo — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Swedish: positiv — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Vietnamese: dương — physics: having more protons than electrons
• Bulgarian: положителен (položitelen) — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Catalan: positiu — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Danish: positiv — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Finnish: perusasteinen — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Finnish: perusmuotoinen — grammar: describing the primary sense
• French: positif — grammar: describing the primary sense
• German: Grundstufe — grammar: describing the primary sense
• German: Positiv — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Ancient Greek: θετικός (thetikós) — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Hungarian: alapfokú — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Icelandic: frumstig — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Irish: dearfach — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Italian: positivo — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Norwegian Bokmål: positiv — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Polish: równy — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Portuguese: positivo — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Slovak: pozitívny — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Spanish: positivo — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Swedish: positiv — grammar: describing the primary sense
• Finnish: absoluuttinen — derived from an object by itself; absolute
• Irish: ceart — derived from an object by itself; absolute
• Swedish: absolut — derived from an object by itself; absolute
• Catalan: positiu — characterised by the existence rather than absence of qualities or features
• Finnish: todellinen — characterised by the existence rather than absence of qualities or features
• Irish: deimhneach — characterised by the existence rather than absence of qualities or features
• Finnish: positiivinen — characterised by features which support a hypothesis
• French: positif — characterised by features which support a hypothesis
• Hungarian: pozitív — characterised by features which support a hypothesis
• Hungarian: megerősítő — characterised by features which support a hypothesis
• Polish: pozytywny — characterised by features which support a hypothesis
• Slovak: pozitívny — characterised by features which support a hypothesis
• Swedish: positiv — characterised by features which support a hypothesis
• Bulgarian: позитивен (pozitiven) — photography: of a visual image true to the original
• Catalan: positiu — photography: of a visual image true to the original
• Finnish: positiivinen — photography: of a visual image true to the original
• Hungarian: pozitív — photography: of a visual image true to the original
• Polish: pozytywowy — photography: of a visual image true to the original
• Slovak: pozitívny — photography: of a visual image true to the original
• Swedish: positiv — photography: of a visual image true to the original
• Catalan: positiu — favorable, desirable
• Finnish: myönteinen — favorable, desirable
• Finnish: positiivinen — favorable, desirable
• Hungarian: kedvező — favorable, desirable
• Hungarian: előnyös — favorable, desirable
• Polish: pozytywny — favorable, desirable
• Slovak: pozitívny — favorable, desirable
• Slovak: kladný — favorable, desirable
• Swedish: positiv — favorable, desirable
• Finnish: todellinen — downright, entire, outright
• Finnish: varsinainen — downright, entire, outright
• Finnish: kokonainen — downright, entire, outright
• Hungarian: komplett — downright, entire, outright
• Hungarian: teljes — downright, entire, outright
• Hungarian: kész — downright, entire, outright
• Hungarian: valóságos — downright, entire, outright
• Hungarian: abszolút — downright, entire, outright
• Hungarian: kifejezett — downright, entire, outright
• Hungarian: tökéletes — downright, entire, outright
• Hungarian: igazi — downright, entire, outright
• Finnish: optimistinen — optimistic
• Finnish: positiivinen — optimistic
• Finnish: myönteinen — optimistic
• Hindi: सकारात्मक (sakārātmak) — optimistic
• Hungarian: bizakodó — optimistic
• Hungarian: optimista — optimistic
• Hungarian: derűlátó — optimistic
• Hungarian: önbizalommal teli — optimistic
• Hungarian: pozitív — optimistic
• Māori: ngākau reka — optimistic
• Marathi: सकारात्मक (sakārātmak) — optimistic
• Polish: pozytywny — optimistic
• Slovak: pozitívny — optimistic
• Dutch: HIV positief — slang: HIV positive
• Finnish: positiivinen — slang: HIV positive
• Romanian: HIV pozitiv — slang: HIV positive
• Serbo-Croatian: HIV pozitivan — slang: HIV positive
• Serbo-Croatian: pozitivan na HIV — slang: HIV positive
• Finnish: positiivinen — New Age jargon: good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable
• Finnish: tosiasia — thing capable of being affirmed
• Spanish: supuesto — thing capable of being affirmed
• Finnish: etu — favourable point or characteristic
• Finnish: hyvä puoli — favourable point or characteristic
• Finnish: myönteinen asia — favourable point or characteristic
• German: Positives — favourable point or characteristic
• German: gute Seite — favourable point or characteristic
• German: Vorteil — favourable point or characteristic
• Polish: pozytyw — favourable point or characteristic
• Slovak: pozitívum — favourable point or characteristic
• Slovak: klad — favourable point or characteristic
• Finnish: positiivinen suure — thing having a positive value
• Finnish: positiivinen luku — thing having a positive value
• Czech: pozitiv — grammar: degree of comparison
• Dutch: stellende trap — grammar: degree of comparison
• Finnish: positiivi — grammar: degree of comparison
• Finnish: perusaste — grammar: degree of comparison
• German: Grundstufe — grammar: degree of comparison
• German: Positiv — grammar: degree of comparison
• German: Positivus — grammar: degree of comparison
• Ancient Greek: θετικόν (thetikón) — grammar: degree of comparison
• Hungarian: alapfok — grammar: degree of comparison
• Irish: bunchéim — grammar: degree of comparison
• Latin: gradus positivus — grammar: degree of comparison
• Latin: positivus — grammar: degree of comparison
• Latin: gradus absolutus — grammar: degree of comparison
• Polish: stopień równy — grammar: degree of comparison
• Romanian: pozitiv grad — grammar: degree of comparison
• Russian: положи́тельная сте́пень (položítelʹnaja stépenʹ) — grammar: degree of comparison
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍzitīv — grammar: degree of comparison
• Slovak: pozitív — grammar: degree of comparison
• Slovak: prvý stupeň — grammar: degree of comparison
• Spanish: positivo — grammar: degree of comparison
• Swedish: positiv — grammar: degree of comparison
• Finnish: positiivi — grammar: adjective or adverb in the positive degree
• Arabic: صُورَة مُوجَبَة (ṣūra mūjaba) — photography: a positive image
• Bulgarian: позитив (pozitiv) — photography: a positive image
• Catalan: positiu — photography: a positive image
• Chinese Mandarin: 正片 (zhèngpiàn) — photography: a positive image
• Finnish: positiivi — photography: a positive image
• French: positif — photography: a positive image
• German: Positiv — photography: a positive image
• German: Positivfilm — photography: a positive image
• Irish: dearbhchló — photography: a positive image
• Japanese: 陽画 (yōga) — photography: a positive image
• Japanese: ポジフィルム (pojifirumu) — photography: a positive image
• Polish: pozytyw — photography: a positive image
• Romanian: pozitiv film — photography: a positive image
• Russian: позити́в (pozitív) — photography: a positive image
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍzitīv — photography: a positive image
• Slovak: pozitív — photography: a positive image
• Swedish: positiv — photography: a positive image
• Finnish: positiivinen elektrodi — positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell
• Finnish: positiivinen tulos — positive result of a test
• Finnish: positiivinen — positive result of a test