"radioactive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌɹeɪdiəʊˈaktɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɹeɪdioʊˈæktɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-radioactive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more radioactive [comparative], most radioactive [superlative], radio-active [alternative, dated]
Rhymes: -æktɪv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. French radio- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actif French actif French radioactifbor. English radioactive Coined by Pierre Curie and Marie Curie in 1898 as French radio-actif, equivalent to English radio- + active. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|fr:radioactif|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin radiusder. French radio- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actif French actif French radioactifbor. English radioactive [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "radius", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "radio-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "drive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "be driving", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "drive", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂eǵ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂éǵeti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*agō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "agō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-iHwós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-wós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-īvus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "sl.", "keyword_label" : "Semantic loan from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἐνεργητῐκός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "semantic loan" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "āctīvus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "actif", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "actif", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "radioactif", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "radioactive", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="radioactive">, {{bor|en|fr|radioactif|radio-actif}} French radio-actif, {{prefix|en|radio|active}} radio- + active Head templates: {{en-adj}} radioactive (comparative more radioactive, superlative most radioactive)
  1. Exhibiting radioactivity. Translations (exhibiting radioactivity): radioaktief (Afrikaans), ռադիոակտիվ (ṙadioaktiv) (Armenian), ճառագայթաակտիվ (čaṙagaytʻaaktiv) (Armenian), radioactivu (Asturian), erradioaktibo (Basque), радыёакты́ўны (radyjoaktýwny) (Belarusian), радиоакти́вен (radioaktíven) (Bulgarian), radioactiu (Catalan), 放射性 (alt: ) (Chinese Mandarin), radioaktivní (Czech), radioaktiv (Danish), radioactief (Dutch), radioaktiva (Esperanto), geislavirkin (Faroese), radioaktiivinen (Finnish), radioactif (French), radioactivo (Galician), რადიოაქტიური (radioakṭiuri) (Georgian), radioaktiv (German), ραδιοενεργό (radioenergó) [neuter] (Greek), רדיואקטיבי (radioaktivi) (Hebrew), विकिरणशील (vikiraṇśīl) (Hindi), radioaktív (Hungarian), geislavirkur (Icelandic), radioaktiva (Ido), radioaktif (Indonesian), radioattivo (Italian), 放射性 (alt: ) (Japanese), радиоактивті (radıyoaktiyvti) (Kazakh), радиоактивтік (radıyoaktiyvtik) (Kazakh), radioaktyvus (Lithuanian), цацраг идэвхит (cacrag idevxit) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), iraruke (Māori), radioaktywny (Polish), promieniotwórczy (Polish), radioactivo [Portugal] (Portuguese), radioativo [Brazil] (Portuguese), radioactiv (Romanian), радиоакти́вный (radioaktívnyj) (Russian), rèidio-beò (Scottish Gaelic), радиоактивни [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), radioaktivni [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), rádioaktívny (Slovak), radioaktíven (Slovene), radiactivo (Spanish), radioaktiv (Swedish), กัมมันตรังสี (Thai), radyoaktif (Turkish), радіоакти́вний (radioaktývnyj) (Ukrainian), تابْکار (tābkār) (Urdu)
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  2. (figurative, rare) Dangerous and disgusting, particularly of people or ideas. Tags: figuratively, rare
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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɹeɪdiəʊˈaktɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɹeɪdioʊˈæktɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-radioactive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: radioactives [plural], radio-active [alternative, dated]
Rhymes: -æktɪv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. French radio- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actif French actif French radioactifbor. English radioactive Coined by Pierre Curie and Marie Curie in 1898 as French radio-actif, equivalent to English radio- + active. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|fr:radioactif|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin radiusder. French radio- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actif French actif French radioactifbor. English radioactive [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "radius", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "radio-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "drive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "be driving", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "drive", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂eǵ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂éǵeti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*agō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "agō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-iHwós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-wós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-īvus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "sl.", "keyword_label" : "Semantic loan from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἐνεργητῐκός", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "semantic loan" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "āctīvus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "actif", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "actif", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "radioactif", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "radioactive", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="radioactive">, {{bor|en|fr|radioactif|radio-actif}} French radio-actif, {{prefix|en|radio|active}} radio- + active Head templates: {{en-noun}} radioactive (plural radioactives)
  1. Any radioactive substance.
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Adjective [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-radioactive.wav [France, Lyon]
Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} radioactive
  1. feminine singular of radioactif Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: radioactif
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Inflected forms

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