"naïf" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /nɑːˈiːf/ Forms: more naïf [comparative], most naïf [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːf Etymology: Borrowed from French naïf. Doublet of native and neif. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|naïf}} French naïf, {{doublet|en|native|neif}} Doublet of native and neif Head templates: {{en-adj}} naïf (comparative more naïf, superlative most naïf)
  1. Naive. Categories (topical): People Derived forms: semi-naïf
    Sense id: en-naïf-en-adj-HCeJYIc4 Disambiguation of People: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: naif

Noun [English]

IPA: /nɑːˈiːf/ Forms: naïfs [plural]
Rhymes: -iːf Etymology: Borrowed from French naïf. Doublet of native and neif. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|naïf}} French naïf, {{doublet|en|native|neif}} Doublet of native and neif Head templates: {{en-noun}} naïf (plural naïfs)
  1. One who is naive. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who is naive): naivulo (Esperanto), naïf (French), נָאִיבִי (na'ívi) [masculine] (Hebrew), ingenuo (Italian), наи́вный (naívnyj) [masculine] (Russian), наивчина [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), абдал [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), naivčina [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), abdal [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ingenuo (Spanish), saf (Turkish), naif (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-naïf-en-noun-bq01WvoN Disambiguation of People: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: naif

Adjective [French]

IPA: /na.if/ Audio: Fr-naïf.ogg Forms: naïve [feminine], naïfs [masculine, plural], naïves [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French naïf, inherited from Latin nātīvus. Doublet of natif. Semantical shift from "original; natural; simple" to "simple-minded". Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|naïf|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French naïf, {{inh+|fr|fro|naïf}} Inherited from Old French naïf, {{inh|fr|la|nātīvus}} Latin nātīvus, {{doublet|fr|natif}} Doublet of natif Head templates: {{fr-adj|f=naïve}} naïf (feminine naïve, masculine plural naïfs, feminine plural naïves)
  1. naive, dewy-eyed; gullible Categories (topical): Personality Related terms: , naître
    Sense id: en-naïf-fr-adj-~AUKvY9J Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /naˈif/
Rhymes: -if Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French naïf. Doublet of nativo. Etymology templates: {{ubor|it|fr|naïf}} Unadapted borrowing from French naïf, {{doublet|it|nativo}} Doublet of nativo Head templates: {{it-adj|inv=1}} naïf (invariable)
  1. naive Tags: invariable
    Sense id: en-naïf-it-adj-HsX0EnyX Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /naˈif/
Rhymes: -if Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French naïf. Doublet of nativo. Etymology templates: {{ubor|it|fr|naïf}} Unadapted borrowing from French naïf, {{doublet|it|nativo}} Doublet of nativo Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#}} naïf m (invariable)
  1. a naive person Tags: invariable, masculine
    Sense id: en-naïf-it-noun-UI-a8aOn Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "more naïf",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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        "superlative"
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations"
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          "ref": "1947, S.E. Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Little, Brown, & Company, page 5",
          "text": "Doenitz was naïf to assume that England would have stood idly by while Germany built up her U-boat force to four figures; but it was true enough that the German Navy was unprepared for a submarine war.",
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        }
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        "Naive."
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        [
          "Naive",
          "naive"
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      ]
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-iːf"
    }
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    {
      "word": "naif"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from French",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms spelled with Ï",
    "English terms spelled with ◌̈",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Rhymes:English/iːf",
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    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "2008, Monte Dwyer, Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 145",
          "text": "Now I could see there was no real rogue here, but a naïf who thought that world would always turn for him.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 April 12, Carrie Battan, “Taylor Swift Wins with “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)””, in The New Yorker",
          "text": "On “Fearless,” Swift sharpened her lyrical specificity, using proper nouns and detailed renderings of conversations and experiences to create an indelible image of Taylor Swift, the savvy naïf.",
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        }
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "one who is naive",
      "word": "naivulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who is naive",
      "word": "naïf"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "na'ívi",
      "sense": "one who is naive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "נָאִיבִי"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who is naive",
      "word": "ingenuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naívnyj",
      "sense": "one who is naive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "наи́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who is naive",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "наивчина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who is naive",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "абдал"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who is naive",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naivčina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who is naive",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abdal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who is naive",
      "word": "ingenuo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who is naive",
      "word": "saf"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who is naive",
      "word": "naif"
    }
  ],
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}

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            "bor": "1"
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      ],
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      ],
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    },
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            "2": "naïf",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Italian: naïf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "naif",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Malay: naif",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malay: naif"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "naïf",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: naïf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: naïf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "naif",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: naif",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: naif"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "naif",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: naif",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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        "g": "",
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        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
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    {
      "form": "naïve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "form": "naïfs",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "naïves",
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "naître"
    }
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        "French adjectives",
        "French doublets",
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        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms inherited from Latin",
        "French terms inherited from Old French",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with audio links",
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        "French terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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        },
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          "ref": "1923, Marcel Proust, translated by Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, La prisonnière",
          "text": "Habituellement, on déteste ce qui nous est semblable, et nos propres défauts vus du dehors nous exaspèrent. Combien plus encore quand quelqu’un qui a passé l’âge où on les exprime naïvement et qui, par exemple, s’est fait dans les moments les plus brûlants un visage de glace, exècre-t-il les mêmes défauts, si c’est un autre, plus jeune, ou plus naïf, ou plus sot, qui les exprime !",
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        }
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  "word": "naïf"
}

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    "Italian adjectives",
    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian doublets",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Italian indeclinable nouns",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms borrowed from French",
    "Italian terms derived from French",
    "Italian terms spelled with Ï",
    "Italian terms spelled with ◌̈",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian unadapted borrowings from French",
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      "name": "doublet"
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}

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    "Italian doublets",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Italian indeclinable nouns",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms borrowed from French",
    "Italian terms derived from French",
    "Italian terms spelled with Ï",
    "Italian terms spelled with ◌̈",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian unadapted borrowings from French",
    "Rhymes:Italian/if",
    "Rhymes:Italian/if/2 syllables"
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  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "fr",
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        "2": "#"
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "a naive person"
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      "ipa": "/naˈif/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-if"
    }
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