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energetic

English

Alternative forms

  • energetick (obsolete)

Etymology

From New Latin energeticus (16th c.), or its source, Ancient Greek ??????????? (energ?tikós), from ??????? (energé?, to be active), from ??????? (energós, active).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /??n??d??t?k/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /??n??d??t?k/
  • Rhymes: -?t?k
  • Hyphenation: en?er?get?ic

Adjective

energetic (comparative more energetic, superlative most energetic)

  1. (sciences) Possessing or pertaining to energy. [from 19th c.]
  2. Characterised by force or vigour; full of energy; lively, vigorous. [from 18th c.]
  3. (obsolete) Having powerful effects; efficacious, potent. [17th–20th c.]

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "energetic" is often applied: person, man, woman, child, life, material, particle, ion, healing, anatomy, etc.
  • Where non-English languages use an adjective analogous to "energetic", English often uses "energy" attributively: "energy efficiency" is much more common than "energetic efficiency".

Derived terms

Related terms

  • energetical

Translations


Romanian

Etymology

From French énergétique.

Adjective

energetic m or n (feminine singular energetic?, masculine plural energetici, feminine and neuter plural energetice)

  1. energetic

Declension

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sportive

English

Etymology

From sport +? -ive.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sp??(?)t?v/

Adjective

sportive (comparative more sportive, superlative most sportive)

  1. (archaic) lively; merry; spritely
  2. Playful, coltish.
  3. Interested in sport.
  4. Sporty, good at sport.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

sportive (plural sportives)

  1. (cycling) cyclosportive
    • 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
      Such incidents, part of the cherished mythology of the Tour's early years, are rare in modern cycling, although a 62-year-old local councillor was arrested and subsequently released after tacks had been scattered during the 2009 Etape Caledonia, a sportive held on closed roads in Scotland, causing countless punctures among the 3,500 riders.

Anagrams

  • overtips, pivoters, repivots, sorptive, tip overs

French

Adjective

sportive

  1. feminine singular of sportif

Noun

sportive f (plural sportives)

  1. sportswoman

Further reading

  • “sportive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

sportive

  1. inflection of sportiv:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ive

Adjective

sportive f pl

  1. feminine plural of sportivo

Noun

sportive f

  1. plural of sportiva

Anagrams

  • previsto, proviste

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