informative

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English inform

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English -ative

English informative

From inform + -ative.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfoɹmətɪv/, [-ɾɪv]

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfoːmətɪv/, [-ɾɪv]
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mətɪv
• Hyphenation: in‧form‧at‧ive

Adjective

informative (comparative more informative, superlative most informative)

1. Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.

   Synonyms: informatory, instructive

   Antonym: uninformative

   I read a very informative newspaper article on that subject last week.

2. Of a standard or specification, not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.

   Antonym: normative

3. (obsolete) Formative; having power to form.

Derived terms

• bioinformative
• counterinformative
• disinformative
• informatively
• informativeness
• informativity
• metainformative
• misinformative
• noninformative
• overinformative
• superinformative
• underinformative

Related terms

• inform
• information
• informational
• informatory

Translations

providing useful or interesting information

• Arabic: إِخْبَارِيّ m (ʔiḵbāriyy), إِعْلَامِيّ m (ʔiʕlāmiyy)
• Bulgarian: информативен (bg) (informativen), осведомителен (bg) (osvedomitelen)
• Catalan: informatiu (ca)
• Dutch: informatief (nl)
• Finnish: asiapitoinen, informatiivinen (fi)
• French: instructif (fr), informatif (fr)
• Georgian: ინფორმატიული (inpormaṭiuli), მაინფორმირებელი (mainpormirebeli)
• German: informativ (de)
• Hindi: शिक्षाप्रद (hi) (śikṣāprad)
• Indonesian: informatif (id)
• Irish: eolasach, faisnéiseach
• Italian: informativo (it) m
• Latin: īnfōrmātīvus
• Malay: informatif, bermaklumat
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lærerik, informativ

  Nynorsk: lærerik, informativ

• Persian: آموزنده (fa) (âmuzande)
• Polish: pouczający (pl), informatywny (pl)
• Romanian: informativ (ro) m, informator (ro) m
• Russian: информати́вный (ru) (informatívnyj)
• Spanish: informativo, informador (es)
• Swedish: informativ (sv), upplysande (sv), orienterande (sv), informerande (sv)
• Ukrainian: інформати́вний (informatývnyj)
• Urdu: معلومات افزا (mā'lūmāt-afzā)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.tiv/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Adjective

informative

1. feminine singular of informatif

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Adjective

informative

1. inflection of informativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.for.maˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: in‧for‧ma‧tì‧ve

Adjective

informative

1. feminine plural of informativo

Anagrams

• informatevi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ĩː.foːr.maːˈtiː.wɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱ.for.maˈtiː.ve]

Adjective

īnfōrmātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of īnfōrmātīvus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

informative

1. definite singular/plural of informativ

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

informative

1. definite singular/plural of informativ