prohibitive

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• /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/
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From Middle English prohibitif, prohibityve, from Medieval Latin prohibitīvus, from prohibit-, past-participle stem of Latin prohibēre. By surface analysis, prohibit + -ive.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: prohibitiu — tending to prohibit, preclude or disallow
• French: prohibitif — tending to prohibit, preclude or disallow
• German: verhindernd — tending to prohibit, preclude or disallow
• German: verbietend — tending to prohibit, preclude or disallow
• German: prohibitorisch — tending to prohibit, preclude or disallow
• German: untersagend — tending to prohibit, preclude or disallow
• German: unterbindend — tending to prohibit, preclude or disallow
• German: ausschließend — tending to prohibit, preclude or disallow
• Spanish: prohibitivo — tending to prohibit, preclude or disallow
• Catalan: prohibitiu — unreasonably costly
• French: prohibitif — unreasonably costly
• German: untragbar — unreasonably costly
• German: unverhältnismäßig — unreasonably costly
• German: unbezahlbar — unreasonably costly
• German: unerschwinglich — unreasonably costly
• German: unerträglich — unreasonably costly
• German: prohibitiv — unreasonably costly
• Italian: proibitivo — unreasonably costly
• Portuguese: proibitivo — unreasonably costly
• Russian: непомерно высокий (nepomerno vysokij) — unreasonably costly
• Russian: запретительный (zapretitelʹnyj) — unreasonably costly
• Spanish: prohibitivo — unreasonably costly
• Arabic: نَهْي (nahy) — negative imperative
• French: défense — negative imperative