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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive Borrowed from Late Latin productivus, equivalent to product + -ive.

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: производителен (proizvoditelen) — capable of producing something
• Catalan: productiu — capable of producing something
• Chinese Mandarin: 生產的 /生产的 (shēngchǎn de) — capable of producing something
• Czech: produktivní — capable of producing something
• Dutch: productief — capable of producing something
• Esperanto: produktiva — capable of producing something
• Estonian: produktiivne — capable of producing something
• Estonian: viljakas — capable of producing something
• Finnish: tuottava — capable of producing something
• Finnish: tuottoisa — capable of producing something
• Finnish: hedelmällinen — capable of producing something
• French: productif — capable of producing something
• Galician: produtivo — capable of producing something
• German: produktiv — capable of producing something
• Hungarian: termelékeny — capable of producing something
• Hungarian: produktív — capable of producing something
• Irish: bisiúil — capable of producing something
• Irish: torthúil — capable of producing something
• Italian: produttivo — capable of producing something
• Japanese: 生産的 (seisanteki) — capable of producing something
• Latvian: ražīgs — capable of producing something
• Latvian: auglīgs — capable of producing something
• Latvian: produktīvs — capable of producing something
• Malayalam: ഉത്പാദകമായ (utpādakamāya) — capable of producing something
• Māori: māpua — capable of producing something
• Māori: ngaruru — capable of producing something
• Norwegian Bokmål: produktiv — capable of producing something
• Norwegian Nynorsk: produktiv — capable of producing something
• Plautdietsch: fruchtboa — capable of producing something
• Portuguese: produtivo — capable of producing something
• Romanian: productiv — capable of producing something
• Romanian: fertil — capable of producing something
• Romanian: rodnic — capable of producing something
• Russian: продукти́вный (produktívnyj) — capable of producing something
• Russian: производи́тельный (proizvodítelʹnyj) — capable of producing something
• Spanish: productivo — capable of producing something
• Tagalog: malalangin — capable of producing something
• Turkish: üretken — capable of producing something
• Bulgarian: продуктивен (produktiven) — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Catalan: productiu — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Danish: produktiv — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Finnish: tuloksellinen — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Finnish: tuloksekas — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Georgian: პროდუქტიული (ṗrodukṭiuli) — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Georgian: კონსტრუქციული (ḳonsṭrukciuli) — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• German: konstruktiv — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Ancient Greek: γόνιμος (gónimos) — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Japanese: 建設的 (kensetsuteki) — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Latin: conficiens — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Latvian: ražīgs — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Latvian: produktīvs — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Latvian: rezultatīvs — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Malayalam: ഉത്പാദകമായ (utpādakamāya) — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Norwegian Bokmål: produktiv — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Norwegian Nynorsk: produktiv — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Plautdietsch: fruchtboa — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Polish: produktywny — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Russian: продукти́вный (produktívnyj) — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Russian: конструкти́вный (konstruktívnyj) — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Spanish: productivo — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Ukrainian: продукти́вний (produktývnyj) — yielding good or useful results; constructive
• Bulgarian: производителен (proizvoditelen) — of, or relating to the creation of goods or services
• Danish: produktiv — of, or relating to the creation of goods or services
• Estonian: tootlik — of, or relating to the creation of goods or services
• Finnish: tuotannollinen — of, or relating to the creation of goods or services
• Latvian: ražīgs — of, or relating to the creation of goods or services
• Norwegian Bokmål: produktiv — of, or relating to the creation of goods or services
• Norwegian Nynorsk: produktiv — of, or relating to the creation of goods or services
• Tagalog: malalangin — of, or relating to the creation of goods or services
• Bulgarian: продуктивен (produktiven) — linguistics: consistently applicable to any of an open set of words
• Chinese Mandarin: 能產的 /能产的 (néngchǎn de) — linguistics: consistently applicable to any of an open set of words
• Finnish: produktiivinen — linguistics: consistently applicable to any of an open set of words
• German: produktiv — linguistics: consistently applicable to any of an open set of words
• Hungarian: termékeny — linguistics: consistently applicable to any of an open set of words
• Norwegian Bokmål: produktiv — linguistics: consistently applicable to any of an open set of words
• Norwegian Nynorsk: produktiv — linguistics: consistently applicable to any of an open set of words
• Turkish: üretken — linguistics: consistently applicable to any of an open set of words
• Vietnamese: năng sản — linguistics: consistently applicable to any of an open set of words
• Finnish: limainen — medicine: producing mucus or sputum
• Finnish: limaa irrottava — medicine: producing mucus or sputum
• Finnish: produktiivinen — medicine: producing mucus or sputum
• Finnish: produktiivinen — medicine: producing new tissue
• Finnish: produktiivinen — in set theory
• German: produktiv — in set theory