"seductive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /sɪˈdʌktɪv/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seductive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more seductive [comparative], most seductive [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin sēduct-, past-participle stem of sēdūcere, + -ive. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la||sēduct-}} Latin sēduct-, {{m|la|sēdūcere}} sēdūcere, {{suffix|en||ive}} + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} seductive (comparative more seductive, superlative most seductive)
  1. Attractive, alluring, tempting. Synonyms: seducive [obsolete] Translations (attractive, alluring, tempting): съблазнителен (sǎblaznitelen) (Bulgarian), привлекателен (privlekatelen) (Bulgarian), seductor (Catalan), 诱人的 (Chinese Mandarin), 誘人的 (Chinese Mandarin), 妖媚 (yāomèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 富有魅力的 (Chinese Mandarin), svůdný (Czech), vábivý (Czech), lákavý (Czech), viettelevä (Finnish), séduisant (French), verführerisch (German), δελεαστικός (deleastikós) (Greek), θελκτικός (thelktikós) (Greek), 悩ましい (Japanese), あだっぽい (Japanese), 艶めかしい (Japanese), 誘惑的な (Japanese), 매혹적인 (maehokjeogin) (Korean), 유혹적인 (yuhokjeogin) (Korean), pellax (Latin), വശീകരിക്കുന്ന (vaśīkarikkunna) (Malayalam), uwodzicielski (Polish), sedutor (Portuguese), seduzente (Portuguese), соблазни́тельный (soblaznítelʹnyj) (Russian), buaireanta (Scottish Gaelic), meallach (Scottish Gaelic), tarraingeach (Scottish Gaelic), mealltach (Scottish Gaelic), seductor (Spanish), förförisk (Swedish), споку́сливий (spokúslyvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-seductive-en-adj-nOCQ21iP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ive, Greek terms with redundant script codes Related terms: seductress, seducement, seduce, seduction, seductive woman, seductive lady, seductive girl, seductive power, seductive art, seductive image, seductive behavior, seductive smile, seductive dress, seductive dance, seductive tango, seductive song, seductive look

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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "attractive, alluring, tempting",
      "word": "seductor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "attractive, alluring, tempting",
      "word": "förförisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spokúslyvyj",
      "sense": "attractive, alluring, tempting",
      "word": "споку́сливий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seductive"
}

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