Annexive

/əˈnɛksɪv/ adjective

Definition

Relating to or having the quality of annexing; tending to attach, incorporate, or join things together.

Etymology

From annex plus the suffix '-ive' meaning having the quality of, from Latin 'annectere' meaning to bind to, with Romance-language adjectival formation.

Kelly Says

Linguists note that English is 'annexive' in nature—it constantly absorbs words from other languages (pizza, ballet, karaoke) and makes them permanently part of English vocabulary.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ማጣጥል
ma-ta-ta-l
ARالعربية
مُتَحَابِّبُ الْإِلحَاق
mu-ta-ḥa-bbibu l-ilḥāq
BNবাংলা
অন্যোপগৃহীত
on-yo-po-gri-hita
CACatalà
annexive
an-nek-si-ve
CSČeština
annexivní
an-nek-si-v-ni
DADansk
annexive
an-nek-si-ve
DEDeutsch
annexive
an-nek-si-ve
ELΕλληνικά
αννεξίτης
an-neksi-tis
ESEspañol
annexivo
an-ek-si-vo
FAفارسی
ضمّ‌گرا
tham-me-gra
FISuomi
anneksiivinen
an-nek-si-i-vi-nen
FRFrançais
annexive
an-nek-siv
GUGU
આપઘાત
a-ap-gha-ta
HAHA
annexive
an-nex-i-ve
HEעברית
הצטרפות
hatz-t-ruf-t
HIहिन्दी
अनैक्शिव
an-ek-shiv
HUMagyar
annexive
an-nek-si-ve
IDBahasa Indonesia
annexive
an-neks-i-ve
IGIG
ihe na-achị
i-he na-a-chi
ITItaliano
annexivo
an-neks-i-vo
JA日本語
併合的な
へいごてきな
KKKK
anneksiоніс
an-neksi-o-nis
KMKM
អន្តរកម្ម
an-tar-ka-mm
KO한국어
병합적인
byeonghap-jeok-in
MRMR
अनैक्शिव
an-ek-shiv
MSBahasa Melayu
annexive
an-neks-i-ve
MYမြန်မာ
ပြည့်စုံ
pyin-s-u-n
NLNederlands
annexive
an-nek-si-ve
NONorsk
annexive
an-nek-si-ve
PAPA
ਅਨੈਕਸ਼ਨਿਸਟ
an-ek-sh-ni-st
PLPolski
anneksywny
an-eks-i-vny
PTPortuguês
annexivo
an-ek-si-vo
RORomână
annexive
an-ek-si-ve
RUРусский
аннексивный
an-neksi-vnyy
SVSvenska
annexive
an-nek-si-ve
SWKiswahili
annexive
an-nek-sjo-ve
TAதமிழ்
இணைப்பு
i-nai-ppu
TEతెలుగు
సంయుక్త
san-yu-k-ta
THไทย
ผนวก
phōn-wók
TLTL
annexive
an-nek-sjo-ve
TRTürkçe
annesyoncu
an-nes-yon-chu
UKУкраїнська
аннексивний
an-neksi-vnyy
URاردو
ضمضم
tham-tham
VITiếng Việt
thuộc về sự sáp nhập
thuoc ve su sap nap
YOYO
àwọn ìmú
a-won i-mu
ZH中文
兼并性的
jiān bìng xìng de
ZUZU
umthengisi
oom-then-ghee-see

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