instinctive

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English instinct

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English instinctive

From instinct + -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

instinctive (comparative more instinctive, superlative most instinctive)

1. Related to or prompted by instinct.
2. Driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking.

   When approached by a stranger, Jared clenched his fists in an instinctive manner.

Derived terms

• instinctive drift
• instinctively
• instinctiveness
• instinctivity
• noninstinctive
• uninstinctive

Translations

related to or prompted by instinct

• Armenian: բնազդային (hy) (bnazdayin)
• Asturian: instintivu
• Bulgarian: инстинктивен (bg) (instinktiven)
• Catalan: instintiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: instinctief (nl), instinctmatig (nl)
• Esperanto: instinkta
• Finnish: vaistomainen (fi), vaistonvarainen
• French: instinctif (fr)
• Galician: instintivo
• German: instinktiv (de)
• Greek: ενστικτώδης (el) (enstiktódis)
• Hindi: सहज (hi) (sahaj), नैसर्गिक (hi) (naisargik), सहजवृत्तिक (sahajvŕttik)
• Hungarian: ösztönös (hu)
• Indonesian: instingtif (id)
• Irish: instinneach
• Macedonian: инстинкти́вен (instinktíven)
• Malay: naluri, kenalurian, naluriah
• Manx: dooghyssagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: instinktiv

  Nynorsk: instinktiv

• Polish: instynktowny (pl)
• Portuguese: instintivo (pt)
• Russian: инстинкти́вный (ru) (instinktívnyj)
• Slovene: nagonski
• Spanish: instintivo (es)
• Swedish: instinktiv (sv)
• Turkish: içgüdüsel (tr)
• Ukrainian: інстинкти́вний (instynktývnyj)

driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking

• Armenian: բնազդային (hy) (bnazdayin)
• Asturian: instintivu
• Bulgarian: несъзнателен (bg) (nesăznatelen)
• Catalan: instintiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: instinctief (nl), instinctmatig (nl)
• Finnish: vaistomainen (fi), vaistonvarainen
• French: instinctif (fr)
• Galician: instintivo
• German: instinktiv (de)
• Greek: ενστικτώδης (el) (enstiktódis)
• Hungarian: ösztönös (hu)
• Indonesian: instingtif (id)
• Macedonian: на́гонски (nágonski)
• Malay: naluri, kenalurian, naluriah
• Portuguese: instintivo (pt)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: instintivo (es)
• Swedish: instinktiv (sv)
• Turkish: içgüdüsel (tr)
• Ukrainian: інстинкти́вний (instynktývnyj)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s.tɛ̃k.tiv/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

instinctive

1. feminine singular of instinctif