"radioactive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌɹeɪdioʊˈaktɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɹeɪdioʊˈæktɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-radioactive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more radioactive [comparative], most radioactive [superlative]
Rhymes: -æktɪv Etymology: Coined by Pierre Curie and Marie Curie in 1898 as French radio-actif, equivalent to English radio- + active. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|radioactif|radio-actif}} French radio-actif, {{prefix|en|radio|active}} radio- + active Head templates: {{en-adj}} radioactive (comparative more radioactive, superlative most radioactive)
  1. Exhibiting radioactivity. Categories (topical): Radioactivity Translations (exhibiting radioactivity): radioaktief (Afrikaans), ռադիոակտիվ (ṙadioaktiv) (Armenian), ճառագայթաակտիվ (čaṙagaytʿaaktiv) (Armenian), radioactivu (Asturian), erradioaktibo (Basque), радыёакты́ўны (radyjoaktýŭny) (Belarusian), радиоакти́вен (radioaktíven) (Bulgarian), radioactiu (Catalan), 放射性 (alt: ) (Chinese Mandarin), radioaktivní (Czech), radioaktiv (Danish), radioactief (Dutch), radioaktiva (Esperanto), geislavirkin (Faroese), radioaktiivinen (Finnish), radioactif (French), radioactivo (Galician), რადიოაქტიური (radioakṭiuri) (Georgian), radioaktiv (German), ραδιοενεργό (radioenergó) [neuter] (Greek), רדיואקטיבי (radioaktivi) (Hebrew), रेडीओऐक्टिव (reḍīoaikṭiv) (Hindi), radioaktív (Hungarian), geislavirkur (Icelandic), radioaktiva (Ido), radioattivo (Italian), 放射性 (alt: ) (Japanese), радиоактивті (radioaktivtı) (Kazakh), радиоактивтік (radioaktivtık) (Kazakh), iraruke (Maori), цацраг идэвхит (cacrag idevxit) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), radioaktywny (Polish), radioactivo [Portugal] (Portuguese), radioativo [Brazil] (Portuguese), radioactiv (Romanian), радиоакти́вный (radioaktívnyj) (Russian), rèidio-beò (Scottish Gaelic), радиоактивни [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), radioaktivni [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), rádioaktívny (Slovak), radioaktíven (Slovene), radiactivo (Spanish), radioaktiv (Swedish), กัมมันตรังสี (Thai), radyoaktif (Turkish), радіоакти́вний (radioaktývnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-radioactive-en-adj-qrqOSOde Disambiguation of Radioactivity: 84 6 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 28 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 21 29 Disambiguation of 'exhibiting radioactivity': 97 3
  2. (figurative, rare) Dangerous and disgusting, particularly of people or ideas. Tags: figuratively, rare
    Sense id: en-radioactive-en-adj-HZw602rX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: radio-active [dated] Derived forms: nonradioactive, radioactive dating, radioactive decay, radioactive disintegration, radioactive equilibrium, radioactive fallout, radioactively, radioactive tracer, radioactive waste, radioactivity

Noun

IPA: /ˌɹeɪdioʊˈaktɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɹeɪdioʊˈæktɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-radioactive.wav [Southern-England] Forms: radioactives [plural]
Rhymes: -æktɪv Etymology: Coined by Pierre Curie and Marie Curie in 1898 as French radio-actif, equivalent to English radio- + active. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|radioactif|radio-actif}} French radio-actif, {{prefix|en|radio|active}} radio- + active Head templates: {{en-noun}} radioactive (plural radioactives)
  1. Any radioactive substance.
    Sense id: en-radioactive-en-noun-R1PPIAQv Categories (other): English terms prefixed with radio- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with radio-: 32 28 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: radio-active [dated]

Inflected forms

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