"addictive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /əˈdɪktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-addictive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more addictive [comparative], most addictive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪktɪv Etymology: First attested 1914. Addiction in modern sense is first attested 1906, in reference to opium. There is an isolated instance from 1779, with reference to tobacco. Head templates: {{en-adj}} addictive (comparative more addictive, superlative most addictive)
  1. Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (tending to cause addiction): إِدْمَانِيّ (ʔidmāniyy) (Arabic), addictiu (Catalan), 使人成癮的 (Chinese Mandarin), 使人成瘾的 (shǐrén chéngyǐn de) (Chinese Mandarin), návykový [masculine] (Czech), verslavend (Dutch), dependiga (Esperanto), riippuvuutta aiheuttava (Finnish), addiktiivinen (Finnish), addiktoiva (Finnish), addictif (French), qui rend accro (French), qui crée une dépendance (French), qui entraîne une dépendance (French), süchtig machend (German), verführerisch (German), ממכר (m'makér) (Hebrew), che causa dipendenza (Italian), che dà dipendenza (Italian), 中毒性の (chūdokusei no) (alt: ちゅうどくせいの) (Japanese), 常習的な (jōshūteki na) (alt: じょうしゅうてき) (Japanese), whakawara (Maori), uzależniający [masculine] (Polish), powodujący uzależnienie (Polish), viciante (Portuguese), viciador [masculine] (Portuguese), que causa dependência (Portuguese), dependent (Romanian), adictiv [masculine] (Romanian), затя́гивающий (zatjágivajuščij) (Russian), аддикти́вный (addiktívnyj) (Russian), zasvojljiv (Slovene), adictivo (Spanish), que crea dependencia (Spanish), que produce dependencia (Spanish), que crea adicción (Spanish), enviciador [masculine] (Spanish), beroendeframkallande (Swedish), vanebildande (Swedish), เสพติด (sèp dtìt) (Thai), alışkanlık yapan (Turkish), ludivodik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-addictive-en-adj-ya6JjcPp Disambiguation of Personality: 30 2 20 21 25 Disambiguation of 'tending to cause addiction': 90 3 7
  2. Enjoyable, so that one comes back for more. Translations (enjoyable): 使人著迷的 (Chinese Mandarin), 使人着迷的 (shǐrén zháomí de) (Chinese Mandarin), koukuttava (Finnish), затя́гивающий (zatjágivajuščij) (Russian), захва́тывающий (zaxvátyvajuščij) (Russian), zasvojljiv (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-addictive-en-adj-rElGsTp9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 38 18 2 23 Disambiguation of 'enjoyable': 6 89 6
  3. Characterized by or susceptible to addiction. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (susceptible to addiction): 容易著迷的 (Chinese Mandarin), 容易着迷的 (róngyì zháomí de) (Chinese Mandarin), 容易上癮的 (Chinese Mandarin), 容易上瘾的 (róngyì shàngyǐn de) (Chinese Mandarin), riippuvuuteen taipuvainen (Finnish), addiktoituva (Finnish), скло́нный к привыка́нию (sklónnyj k privykániju) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-addictive-en-adj-ZSntbyM4 Disambiguation of Personality: 30 2 20 21 25 Disambiguation of 'susceptible to addiction': 24 1 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: habit-forming, moreish Derived forms: addictively, addictiveness, addictive personality, addictivity, antiaddictive, subaddictive, unaddictive Related terms: addict, addicted, addicting, addiction

Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈdɪktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-addictive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: addictives [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪktɪv Etymology: First attested 1914. Addiction in modern sense is first attested 1906, in reference to opium. There is an isolated instance from 1779, with reference to tobacco. Head templates: {{en-noun}} addictive (plural addictives)
  1. A drug that causes an addiction. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-addictive-en-noun-45R5DWPW Disambiguation of Personality: 30 2 20 21 25
  2. Anything that is very habit-forming. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-addictive-en-noun-NFycQewe Disambiguation of Personality: 30 2 20 21 25

Adjective [French]

IPA: /a.dik.tiv/ Audio: Fr-Paris--addictive.ogg [Paris], Fr-addictive.ogg
Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} addictive
  1. feminine singular of addictif Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: addictif
    Sense id: en-addictive-fr-adj-UBuNOaje Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "qui rend accro"
    },
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    },
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      "sense": "tending to cause addiction",
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      "sense": "tending to cause addiction",
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      "sense": "tending to cause addiction",
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      "sense": "tending to cause addiction",
      "word": "vanebildande"
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      "roman": "sèp dtìt",
      "sense": "tending to cause addiction",
      "word": "เสพติด"
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      "sense": "tending to cause addiction",
      "word": "alışkanlık yapan"
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "tending to cause addiction",
      "word": "ludivodik"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "使人著迷的"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "koukuttava"
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