secretive

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• /ˈsiːkɹɪtɪv/
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• /ˈsiːkɹətɪv/ weak vowel merger
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• /səˈkɹiːtɪv/
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From Middle English secretife, equivalent to secret + -ive.

Etymology tree English secrete Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English secretive From secrete + -ive.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: tinzar — having an inclination to secrecy
• Albanian: tinëzar — having an inclination to secrecy
• Arabic: كَتُوم (katūm) — having an inclination to secrecy
• Arabic: مُتَحَفِّظ (mutaḥaffiẓ) — having an inclination to secrecy
• Arabic: مُتَكَتِّم (mutakattim) — having an inclination to secrecy
• Armenian: գաղտնապահ (gaġtnapah) — having an inclination to secrecy
• Armenian: ծածկամիտ (cackamit) — having an inclination to secrecy
• Bulgarian: потаен (potaen) — having an inclination to secrecy
• Catalan: reservat — having an inclination to secrecy
• Chinese Mandarin: 保密的 (bǎo mì dē) — having an inclination to secrecy
• Czech: tajnůstkářský — having an inclination to secrecy
• Czech: sekreční — having an inclination to secrecy
• Danish: hemmelighedsfuld — having an inclination to secrecy
• Dutch: geheimzinnig — having an inclination to secrecy
• Dutch: gesloten — having an inclination to secrecy
• Dutch: gereserveerd — having an inclination to secrecy
• Esperanto: kaŝema — having an inclination to secrecy
• Finnish: salaperäinen — having an inclination to secrecy
• French: secret — having an inclination to secrecy
• French: cachottier — having an inclination to secrecy
• German: verschlossen — having an inclination to secrecy
• German: heimlichtuerisch — having an inclination to secrecy
• Greek: κρυφός (kryfós) — having an inclination to secrecy
• Hebrew: חשאי (khashaí) — having an inclination to secrecy
• Hebrew: נוטה לסודיות (noté lesodiyút) — having an inclination to secrecy
• Hungarian: titokzatos — having an inclination to secrecy
• Hungarian: titkolózó — having an inclination to secrecy
• Latvian: noslēpumains — having an inclination to secrecy
• Lithuanian: slapùs — having an inclination to secrecy
• Māori: whakakumu — having an inclination to secrecy
• Norwegian Bokmål: hemmelighetsfull — having an inclination to secrecy
• Polish: skryty — having an inclination to secrecy
• Polish: tajemniczy — having an inclination to secrecy
• Portuguese: reservado — having an inclination to secrecy
• Romanian: secretos — having an inclination to secrecy
• Russian: скры́тный (skrýtnyj) — having an inclination to secrecy
• Russian: за́мкнутый (zámknutyj) — having an inclination to secrecy
• Spanish: reservado — having an inclination to secrecy
• Spanish: secretista — having an inclination to secrecy
• Spanish: hermético — having an inclination to secrecy
• Spanish: misterioso — having an inclination to secrecy
• Spanish: secretivo — having an inclination to secrecy
• Swedish: hemlighetsfull — having an inclination to secrecy