positief

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Etymology

From Dutch positief, from French positif, from Latin positivus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

positief (attributive positiewe, comparative positiewer, superlative positiefste)

  1. positive
    Antonym: negatief

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpoː.ziˈtif/
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  • Hyphenation: po‧si‧tief
  • Rhymes: -if

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French positif, from Latin positivus.

Adjective

positief (comparative positiever, superlative positiefst)

  1. positive
Declension
Declension of positief
uninflected positief
inflected positieve
comparative positiever
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial positief positiever het positiefst
het positiefste
indefinite m./f. sing. positieve positievere positiefste
n. sing. positief positiever positiefste
plural positieve positievere positiefste
definite positieve positievere positiefste
partitive positiefs positievers —
Antonyms
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Descendants
  • Afrikaans: positief
  • → Indonesian: positif
  • → Papiamentu: positif

Noun

positief m (plural positieven)

  1. positive form of an adjective
    Synonym: stellende trap

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English positive, ultimately from Latin positivus.

Noun

positief n (plural positieven)

  1. positive of an image
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