aggressiv

aggressiv

1. aggressive

• aggressivitet

• “aggressiv” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from French agressif.

• IPA^(key): /aɡʁɛˈsiːf/

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• Hyphenation: ag‧gres‧siv

aggressiv (strong nominative masculine singular aggressiver, comparative aggressiver, superlative am aggressivsten)

1. aggressive

• Aggressivität
• Aggressor

• “aggressiv” in Duden online
• “aggressiv” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Borrowed from German aggressiv and French agressif.

• IPA^(key): [ˌɑɡʀæˈsiːf]

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aggressiv (masculine aggressiven, neuter aggressiivt, comparative méi aggressiv, superlative am aggressiivsten)

1. aggressive

Borrowed from Italian aggressivo.

• IPA^(key): /aɡ.ɡrɛsˈsiːf/

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aggressiv (feminine singular aggressiva, plural aggressivi)

1. aggressive

From French agressif (-ive), from Late Latin aggressare, frequentative of Latin aggredi (“to approach, attack, assail”), from ad- (“to”) + gradi (“to step”) (past participle gressus), from gradus (“a step”).

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aggressiv (neuter singular aggressivt, definite singular and plural aggressive, comparative mer aggressiv, superlative mest aggressiv)

1. aggressive (tending or disposed to aggression)

   De er kjent for å føre en aggressiv politikk.

   They are known for having an aggressive policy.

• angrepslysten, angripende, anmassende, fiendtlig, krigslysten, nærgående, offensiv, påtrengende, stridbar, stridslysten

• aggresivitet
• aggressor

• “aggressiv” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “aggressiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “aggression”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

From French agressif (-ive), from Late Latin aggressare, frequentative of Latin aggredi (“to approach, attack, assail”), from ad- (“to”) + gradi (“to step”) (past participle gressus), from gradus (“a step”).

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aggressiv (masculine aggressiv, feminine aggressiv, neuter aggressivt, plural aggressive, comparative meir aggressiv, superlative mest aggressiv)

1. aggressive (tending or disposed to aggress)

   Dei er kjende for å føre ein aggressiv politikk.

   They are known for having an aggressive policy.

• åtakande, angripande, krigersk, fiendtleg, nærgåande, offensiv, påtrengjande, stridbar, stridlyndt, stridslysten

• aggresivitet
• aggressor

• “aggressiv” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “aggressiv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “aggression”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

From German aggressiv, French agressif.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡrɛsiːv/

aggressiv (comparative aggressivare, superlative aggressivast)

1. aggressive

• passivt aggressiv, passivaggressiv, passiv-aggressiv

• aggressiv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)