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English
Etymology
From innovate + -ive.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈnɒ.və.tɪv/, /ˈɪn.ə.və.tɪv/, /ˈɪn.əˌveɪ.tɪv /, /ɪˈnəʊ.və.tɪv/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.əˌveɪtɪv/, /ˈɪn.oʊˌveɪtɪv/
Adjective
innovative (comparative more innovative, superlative most innovative)
- Characterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions.
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- Forward-looking; ahead of current thinking.
Synonyms
Translations
characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
- Arabic: اِبْتِكارِيّ m (ibtikāriyy), مُبْتَكَر m (mubtakar)
- Belarusian: інавацы́йны (inavacýjny)
- Bulgarian: новаторски (novatorski)
- Catalan: innovador (ca)
- Czech: inovativní
- Danish: opfindsom, nyskabende
- Dutch: innovatief (nl)
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: innovatiivinen (fi)
- French: novateur (fr), innovant (fr)
- Galician: innovador (gl)
- German: innovativ (de)
- Greek: καινοτόμος (el) (kainotómos), νεωτεριστικός (el) (neoteristikós)
- Hebrew: חדשני (khadshaní)
- Hindi: नाविन्य (nāvinya)
- Hungarian: innovatív (hu)
- Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: innovativo (it)
- Japanese: 革新的な (かくしんてきな, kakushintekina)
- Kazakh: жаңашылдық (jañaşyldyq)
- Khmer: ច្នៃប្រឌិតថ្មី (cnay prɑdɨt tməy)
- Maori: auaha
- Norwegian: banebrytende
- Bokmål: nyskapende (no), innovativ
- Nynorsk: nyskapande, innovativ, banebrytande
- Occitan: innovador (oc)
- Polish: innowacyjny (pl)
- Portuguese: inovador (pt), inovativo
- Romanian: inovator (ro)
- Russian: инновацио́нный (ru) (innovaciónnyj)
- Serbo-Croatian: ȉnovatīvan (sh), иновативан
- Slovak: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: innovador (es), innovativo, novedoso (es), pionero (es)
- Swedish: innovativ (sv), nyskapande (sv), påhittig (sv), uppfinningsrik (sv)
- Ukrainian: інноваці́йний (innovacíjnyj)
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forward looking; ahead of current thinking
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Danish
Adjective
innovative
- definite/plural of innovativ
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
innovative
- inflection of innovativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.no.vaˈti.ve/
- Rhymes: -ive
- Hyphenation: in‧no‧va‧tì‧ve
Adjective
innovative f pl
- feminine plural of innovativo
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Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
innovative
- definite singular/plural of innovativ
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
innovative
- definite singular/plural of innovativ
Swedish
Adjective
innovative
- definite natural masculine singular of innovativ