"communicative" meaning in English

See communicative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.kə.tɪv/ [UK], /kəˈmjuː.nə.keɪ.t̬ɪv/ [US], /kəˈmjuː.nə.kə.t̬ɪv/ [US], /kəˈmjunɪkeʈɪv/ (note: Indic) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-communicative.wav Forms: more communicative [comparative], most communicative [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French communicatif. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|communicatif}} Middle French communicatif Head templates: {{en-adj}} communicative (comparative more communicative, superlative most communicative)
  1. Eager to communicate; talkative. Translations (eager to communicate): общи́телен (obštítelen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), comunicatiu (Catalan), komunikativní (Czech), komunikema (Esperanto), kommunikativ (German), közlékeny (Hungarian), beszédes (Hungarian), komunikatif (Indonesian), қатысымдық (qatysymdyq) (Kazakh), komunikatywny (Polish), общи́тельный (obščítelʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian), коммуникати́вный (kommunikatívnyj) (Russian), comunicativo (Spanish)
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