Definition
Relating to or characteristic of the countryside or rural areas; rustic or uncultivated.
Etymology
From Latin agrestis meaning 'of the fields' combined with the suffix -ical. The root agr- refers to fields and agriculture, evolving from Proto-Indo-European to mean wild or untamed things found in open country.
Kelly Says
This word preserves an old Roman distinction between urbanus (city) and agrestis (country), showing how ancient societies understood the sharp cultural divide between towns and farms—a divide that still shapes our world today.
Translations
ARالعربية
عدواني
a-d-waani
BNবাংলা
যুদ্ধোত্তর
yuddho-tto-r
CACatalà
agresiu
ah-h-GRES-ee-oo
CSČeština
agresivní
ah-h-GRES-ee-vnee
DADansk
aggressiv
ah-GRES-siv
DEDeutsch
aggressiv
ah-GRES-siv
ELΕλληνικά
επιθετικός
eh-pee-thee-tee-kos
ESEspañol
agresivo
ah-GREY-see-voh
FISuomi
aggressiivinen
ah-h-GRES-see-vee-nen
FRFrançais
agressif
ah-GREH-seev
HAHA
agressiv
ah-GRES-siv
HEעברית
מתקפה
mee-tah-peh-ah
HIहिन्दी
आक्रामक
aa-kraam-ak
HUMagyar
agresszív
ah-h-GRES-seev
IDBahasa Indonesia
agresif
ah-GREH-sif
IGIG
aggressiv
ah-GRES-siv
ITItaliano
aggressivo
ah-GRES-see-voh
JA日本語
攻撃的な
kougekiteki na
KKKK
агрессив
ah-h-GRES-siv
KO한국어
공격적인
gonggeogjeok-jeon
MSBahasa Melayu
agresif
ah-GREH-sif
MYမြန်မာ
စိတ်ကြောင့်
seet-kya-ngawt
NLNederlands
agressief
ah-GRES-eef
NONorsk
aggressiv
ah-GRES-siv
PLPolski
agresywny
ah-h-GRES-iv-nee
PTPortuguês
agressivo
ah-GRES-see-voh
RORomână
agresiv
ah-GRES-eev
RUРусский
агрессивный
ah-h-GRES-see-vnyy
SVSvenska
aggressiv
ah-GRES-siv
SWKiswahili
agresfu
ah-h-GRES-foo
TAதமிழ்
கொடுமையான
ko-du-ma-ya-na
TLTL
mapanganib
ma-pa-nga-ni-b
TRTürkçe
agresif
ah-GREH-sif
UKУкраїнська
агресивний
ah-h-GRES-ee-vnyi
VITiếng Việt
hung hăng
huung hang
YOYO
agressiv
ah-GRES-siv