contributive

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English contribute

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English contributive

From contribute + -ive.

Adjective

contributive (comparative more contributive, superlative most contributive)

1. Tending to contribute; making a contribution.
   • 2009 February 9, “K.d. lang a no-show”, in Toronto Star‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 February 2009:

     I'm just looking for ways to be contributive," Kilmer told the Associated Press last week.

Derived terms

• contributively
• contributiveness
• contributivity
• noncontributive

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.tiv/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

contributive

1. feminine singular of contributif

Italian

Adjective

contributive

1. feminine plural of contributivo