different between attentive vs suave

English

Etymology

From Middle English attentif, attentijf, from Old French attentif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?nt?v/

Adjective

attentive (comparative more attentive, superlative most attentive)

1. Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

   She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.

   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 94):

     King-of-the-Sky was sitting alone in the Leeward Village meeting-house, gesticulating to the attentive shades of night, roaring out the genealogy of his ancestors, telling the sleeping world of his greatness.

2. Courteous; mindful.

   a husband attentive to his wife's needs

Synonyms

• audient
• mindful
• reckful

Antonyms

• inattentive, reckless

Translations

See also

• alert
• wary
• watchful

Anagrams

• tentative

French

Adjective

attentive

1. feminine singular of attentif

English

Etymology

From Middle English suave, borrowed from Latin su?vis (“sweet, pleasant”); doublet of sweet.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sw??v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sw?v/, /swe?v/
• Rhymes: -??v, -e?v

Adjective

suave (comparative suaver, superlative suavest)

1. Charming, confident and elegant.

Derived terms

• outsuave
• suavely
• suaveness

Translations

Noun

suave (plural suaves)

1. Sweet talk.

Translations

References

• Paternoster, Lewis M. and Frager-Stone, Ruth. Three Dimensions of Vocabulary Growth. Second Edition. Amsco School Publications: USA. 1998.

Anagrams

• Sauve, Vause, uveas

French

Etymology

From Middle French suave, from Latin su?vis (“sweet, pleasant”), replacing the inherited souef, from Old French soef, suef (“sweet, mild, agreeable, tranquil, peaceful”), which was supplanted in form and meaning during the 17th cent. together with its derivatives, and survives only in the dialects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?av/

Adjective

suave (plural suaves)

1. (especially of persons and their speech) smooth and graceful, polite, polished, suave

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “suavis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 120, page 325
• “suave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?a.ve/, [s?u?ä?ve?], (in fast speech) /?swa.ve/, [?s?wä?ve?]
• Rhymes: -ave
• Hyphenation: su?à?ve

Adjective

suave (plural suavi)

1. (literary) Archaic form of soave.

Derived terms

• suavità

References

• suave in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverbial use of the neuter singular adjective.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?su?a?.u?e/, [?s?u?ä?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sva.ve/, [?zv??v?]

Adverb

su?ve (not comparable)

1. sweetly, becomingly, pleasantly

   Synonym: su?viter

Etymology 2

Adjective

su?ve

1. nominative neuter singular of su?vis
2. accusative neuter singular of su?vis
3. vocative neuter singular of su?vis

References

• suave in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• suave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin su?vis (“sweet, pleasant”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?swa.v?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.?a.vi/, /?swa.vi/
• Hyphenation: su?a?ve
• Rhymes: -avi

Adjective

suave m or f (plural suaves, comparable)

1. soft, smooth

   Synonyms: macio, liso

2. gentle, mild
3. (Brazil, slang) fine, okay

Derived terms

• suavizar

Related terms

• suavidade
• suavizante

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin su?vis (“sweet, pleasant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?swabe/, [?swa.??e]

Adjective

suave (plural suaves)

1. smooth, soft, fluffy

   Antonym: áspero

2. soft, gentle, light, mild (e.g. mild flavor, a mild winter)

3. suave (charming, confident and elegant)

   Synonyms: terso, blando, liso

   Antonyms: áspero, duro

4. cool, acceptable, easy

Derived terms

• manjar suave
• suavemente
• suavísimo
• suave como el culito de un bebé
• suavecito
• suavizante
• suavizar

Related terms

• suavidad
• suavo

Further reading

• “suave” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.