defensiva
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [də.fənˈsi.βə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [də.fənˈsi.və]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [de.fenˈsi.va]
Adjective edit
defensiva
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- dēfēnsīva: (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.fenˈsiː.u̯a/, [d̪eːfẽːˈs̠iːu̯ä]
- dēfēnsīva: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.fenˈsi.va/, [d̪efenˈsiːvä]
- dēfēnsīvā: (Classical) IPA(key): /deː.fenˈsiː.u̯aː/, [d̪eːfẽːˈs̠iːu̯äː]
- dēfēnsīvā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de.fenˈsi.va/, [d̪efenˈsiːvä]
Adjective edit
dēfēnsīva
- inflection of dēfēnsīvus:
Adjective edit
dēfēnsīvā
References edit
- defensiva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: de‧fen‧si‧va
Etymology 1 edit
From defensivo, as a calque of French défensive, a feminine substantive form of défensif.
Noun edit
defensiva f (uncountable)
- (usually as ficar na defensiva) defensive (a means, attitude or position of defence)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
defensiva
Further reading edit
- “defensiva” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “defensiva” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “defensiva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “defensiva” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “defensiva” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “defensiva” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From defensivo.
Noun edit
defensiva f (plural defensivas)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
defensiva
Further reading edit
- “defensivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
defensiva