"provocative" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /pɹəˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹəˈvɑ.kə.tɪv/ [Canada, General-American], [pɹəˈvɑ.kə.ɾɪv] [Canada, General-American], /pɹəˈvɔk.ə.tɪv/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-provocative.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more provocative [comparative], most provocative [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French provocatif, and its source, Late Latin provocativus, from Latin provocare. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wekʷ-}}, {{bor|en|frm|provocatif}} Middle French provocatif, {{bor|en|LL.|provocativus}} Late Latin provocativus, {{der|en|la|provocare}} Latin provocare Head templates: {{en-adj}} provocative (comparative more provocative, superlative most provocative)
  1. Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
    Sense id: en-provocative-en-adj-X~HkwIPc
  2. Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest; sexy. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (tending to arouse sexual interest): възбуждащ (vǎzbuždašt) (Bulgarian), provokatorinen (Finnish), wyzywający (Polish)
    Sense id: en-provocative-en-adj-l4ZRZP~1 Disambiguation of Personality: 7 59 10 23 Disambiguation of 'tending to arouse sexual interest': 18 78 4
  3. Provoking or triggering any response.
    Sense id: en-provocative-en-adj-1gTCi2QU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: provoke, provocation, provocator, provocateur Translations (tending to provoke strong negative feeling): مُسْتَفِز (mustafiz) (Arabic), правакацы́йны (pravakacýjny) (Belarusian), провокиращ (provokirašt) (Bulgarian), provocador (Catalan), provocatiu (Catalan), provokativní (Czech), provosoiva (Finnish), provokatiivinen (Finnish), provokatorinen (Finnish), provocateur [masculine] (French), provocatrice [feminine] (French), provokant (German), provokatív (Hungarian), procace (Italian), attraente (Italian), whakataratara (Maori), whakatumatuma (Maori), provoserende (Norwegian Bokmål), provoserande (Norwegian Nynorsk), prowokacyjny (Polish), провокацио́нный (provokaciónnyj) (Russian), провокати́вный (provokatívnyj) (Russian), provocador (Spanish), provocativo (Spanish), провокаці́йний (provokacíjnyj) (Ukrainian), провокати́вний (provokatývnyj) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'tending to provoke strong negative feeling': 41 42 16

Noun [English]

IPA: /pɹəˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹəˈvɑ.kə.tɪv/ [Canada, General-American], [pɹəˈvɑ.kə.ɾɪv] [Canada, General-American], /pɹəˈvɔk.ə.tɪv/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-provocative.wav [Southern-England] Forms: provocatives [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French provocatif, and its source, Late Latin provocativus, from Latin provocare. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wekʷ-}}, {{bor|en|frm|provocatif}} Middle French provocatif, {{bor|en|LL.|provocativus}} Late Latin provocativus, {{der|en|la|provocare}} Latin provocare Head templates: {{en-noun}} provocative (plural provocatives)
  1. (obsolete) Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-provocative-en-noun-eq~OnBJI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 19 14 48

Adjective [Latin]

Forms: prōvocātīve [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form|head=prōvocātīve}} prōvocātīve
  1. vocative masculine singular of prōvocātīvus Tags: form-of, masculine, singular, vocative Form of: prōvocātīvus
    Sense id: en-provocative-la-adj-YtmaibuB Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle",
          "text": "And the ‘wailing noise,’ which had induced the prosaic, indurated London cabman to get twice off his box to see what was the matter, what anguish had been provocative of that?",
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        }
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        "Provoking or triggering any response."
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      "ipa": "/pɹəˈvɑ.kə.tɪv/",
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        "Canada",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pɹəˈvɑ.kə.ɾɪv]",
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      "ipa": "/pɹəˈvɔk.ə.tɪv/",
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        "Southern-England"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mustafiz",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "مُسْتَفِز"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pravakacýjny",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "правакацы́йны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "provokirašt",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "провокиращ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "provocador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "provocatiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "provokativní"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "provosoiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "provokatiivinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "provokatorinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "provocateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "provocatrice"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "provokant"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "provokatív"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "procace"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "attraente"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "whakataratara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "whakatumatuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "provoserende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "provoserande"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "prowokacyjny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "provokaciónnyj",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "провокацио́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "provokatívnyj",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "провокати́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "provocador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "provocativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "provokacíjnyj",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "провокаці́йний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "provokatývnyj",
      "sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
      "word": "провокати́вний"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzbuždašt",
      "sense": "tending to arouse sexual interest",
      "word": "възбуждащ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tending to arouse sexual interest",
      "word": "provokatorinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tending to arouse sexual interest",
      "word": "wyzywający"
    }
  ],
  "word": "provocative"
}

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          "ref": "1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury",
          "text": "She used by way of Provocative, to read the wanton Verses of her Paramour in the day time [...].",
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        },
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          "ref": "1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 165",
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        "(obsolete) Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac."
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      "ipa": "/pɹəˈvɔk.ə.tɪv/",
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        "vocative masculine singular of prōvocātīvus"
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