"punitive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpju.nɪ.tɪv/ Audio: en-us-punitive.ogg [US] Forms: more punitive [comparative], most punitive [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French punitif, from Medieval Latin pūnitīvus, from pūniō (“to punish”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kʷey-}}, {{bor|en|frm|punitif}} Middle French punitif, {{der|en|la-med|pūnitīvus}} Medieval Latin pūnitīvus Head templates: {{en-adj}} punitive (comparative more punitive, superlative most punitive)
  1. (law, military) Inflicting punishment; punishing. Synonyms: castigatory, punitory [archaic], castigatory, punishmental [rare], punitive, punitory [archaic], vindicatory, vindictive [obsolete] Hypernyms: retaliatory Hyponyms: extrapunitive, intropunitive Derived forms: impunitive, intropunitive, nonpunitive, punitive damages, punitively, punitiveness, punitive populism, punitive tariff, punitivism, unpunitive Related terms: punishment, inflictive, penal, rehabilitative, vengeful Translations (punishing): наказателен (nakazatelen) (Bulgarian), punitiu (Catalan), trestný (Czech), puna (Esperanto), punitif (French), strafend (German), Straf- (German), ποινικός (poinikós) (Greek), punitivo (Italian), karny (Polish), punitivo (Portuguese), punitiv [masculine] (Romanian), кара́тельный (karátelʹnyj) (Russian), punitivo (Spanish), straff- (Swedish), кара́льний (karálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), cosbol (Welsh)

Adjective [French]

IPA: /py.ni.tiv/
Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} punitive
  1. feminine singular of punitif Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: punitif
    Sense id: en-punitive-fr-adj-qRMg8USv Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Adjective [German]

Audio: De-punitive.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Head templates: {{head|de|adjective form}} punitive
  1. inflection of punitiv:
    strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    Tags: accusative, feminine, form-of, mixed, nominative, singular, strong Form of: punitiv
    Sense id: en-punitive-de-adj-sHdxPVq-
  2. inflection of punitiv:
    strong nominative/accusative plural
    Tags: accusative, form-of, nominative, plural, strong Form of: punitiv
    Sense id: en-punitive-de-adj-O-P4FQ4Q
  3. inflection of punitiv:
    weak nominative all-gender singular
    Tags: form-of, nominative, singular, weak Form of: punitiv
    Sense id: en-punitive-de-adj-4UpeBDt8 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 11 13 55 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 6 7 72 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 4 84 9
  4. inflection of punitiv:
    weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
    Tags: accusative, feminine, form-of, neuter, singular, weak Form of: punitiv
    Sense id: en-punitive-de-adj-wuPXyT0n

Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /pu.niˈti.ve/
Rhymes: -ive Head templates: {{head|it|adjective form}} punitive
  1. feminine plural of punitivo Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: punitivo
    Sense id: en-punitive-it-adj-42YOiqeJ Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries
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