"naïve" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: naïver [comparative], more naïve [comparative], naïvest [superlative], most naïve [superlative]
Etymology: From French naïve, feminine of naïf. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|naïve}} French naïve, {{m|fr|naïf}} naïf Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} naïve (comparative naïver or more naïve, superlative naïvest or most naïve)
  1. Alternative spelling of naive. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: naive
    Sense id: en-naïve-en-adj-J9Gkz81H
  2. (rare) Feminine of naïf. Tags: feminine, form-of, rare Form of: naïf
    Sense id: en-naïve-en-adj-Nn6SwZyU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 44 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: naïvely, naïveness, naïveté Related terms: naïf

Noun [English]

Forms: naïves [plural]
Etymology: From French naïve, feminine of naïf. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|naïve}} French naïve, {{m|fr|naïf}} naïf Head templates: {{en-noun}} naïve (plural naïves)
  1. Alternative spelling of naive. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: naive
    Sense id: en-naïve-en-noun-J9Gkz81H

Adjective [French]

IPA: /na.iv/ Audio: Fr-Naive-fr-Paris.ogg [France], LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-naïve.wav
Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} naïve
  1. feminine singular of naïf Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: naïf
    Sense id: en-naïve-fr-adj-i79Sm~NX Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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