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Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin distinctīvus. By surface analysis, distinto + -ivo. Cognate with Piedmontese distintiv.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.stinˈti.vo/
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: di‧stin‧tì‧vo
Adjective
distintivo (feminine distintiva, masculine plural distintivi, feminine plural distintive)
- distinctive, distinguishing
Noun
distintivo m (plural distintivi)
- a distinguishing mark
- flash
- badge, emblem
Further reading
- distintivo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- distintivo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- distintivo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- distintìvo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- distintivo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- distintivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
From distinto + -ivo, or else borrowed from French distinctif.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: dis‧tin‧ti‧vo
Adjective
distintivo (feminine distintiva, masculine plural distintivos, feminine plural distintivas)
- distinctive, distinguishing
Noun
distintivo m (plural distintivos)
- badge (distinctive mark)
Further reading
- “distintivo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “distintivo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “distinctivo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “distintivo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “distintivo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “distintivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin distinctus + -ivo. By surface analysis, distinto + -ivo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /distinˈtibo/
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: dis‧tin‧ti‧vo
Adjective
distintivo (feminine distintiva, masculine plural distintivos, feminine plural distintivas)
- distinctive, distinguishable
Derived terms
Noun
distintivo m (plural distintivos)
- badge, emblem, logo
Further reading