Definition
Serving to restrain, inhibit, or hold back; having the quality of preventing or checking.
Etymology
From Latin cohibere meaning 'to hold together, restrain,' from co- (together) and habere (to hold). The suffix -itive makes it an adjective.
Kelly Says
Cohibitive is like inhibitive's fancy older cousin—it means something that holds you back or stops you, and medieval scholars loved using it to describe rules that restricted behavior.
Translations
ARالعربية
مُقيّد
moo-kee-d
BNবাংলা
প্রতিবন্ধক
pro-ti-bond-hok
CACatalà
inhibidor
in-hi-bi-dor
CSČeština
brzdící
brzd-ci
DADansk
hæmmende
hem-men-deh
DEDeutsch
hemmend
hem-mend
ELΕλληνικά
αποτρεπτικός
a-pot-rep-ti-kos
ESEspañol
cohibitivo
koh-ee-bee-tee-voh
FAفارسی
ممانعتکننده
mom-ma-ne-at-k-haneh
FISuomi
rajoittava
ra-joit-ta-va
FRFrançais
cohibitif
koh-i-bee-tihf
GUGU
વ્યતિકારક
vy-tee-kaar-ak
HIहिन्दी
संकोचक
san-koch-ak
IDBahasa Indonesia
penekan
pe-ne-kan
ITItaliano
coibitivo
koh-ee-bee-tee-voh
JA日本語
抑制作的
o-shi-zu-ki-teki
MSBahasa Melayu
penahan
pe-na-han
MYမြန်မာ
ကျုံ့ပြု
ky-oon-p-yu
NLNederlands
remmend
rem-mend
NONorsk
hemmende
hem-men-deh
PLPolski
hamlający
ham-la-y-chi
PTPortuguês
coibitivo
koh-ee-bee-tee-voh
RORomână
inhibitor
in-hi-bi-tor
RUРусский
тормозящий
tor-mo-zyash-chiy
SVSvenska
hämmande
ham-man-deh
SWKiswahili
kizuia
ki-zoo-ia
TEతెలుగు
నిరోధక
ni-ro-dhak
TLTL
pumipigil
pu-mi-pi-gil
TRTürkçe
kısıtlayıcı
kis-it-la-yıcı
UKУкраїнська
затримувальний
zah-try-mu-val-nyy
VITiếng Việt
kìm hãm
kim ham