"attractive" in seven languages
Meaningattractive
Spanish
/atɾakˈtibo/
learned
French
/atiʁɑ̃/
other source · French attirer 'to draw towards' (à + tirer)
French attractif exists, but mostly for prices and offers: un prix attractif.
Italian
/attraˈɛnte/
learned
Present participle of attrarre 'to attract'.
Portuguese
/atɾaˈẽtʃi/
learned
Romanian
/atrəɡəˈtor/
learned
fem.: atrăgătoare
From atrage, Latin ATTRAHERE refitted onto the native trage 'to pull'.
Catalan
/ətɾəkˈtiw/
learned
fem.: atractiva
English
/əˈtɹæktɪv/
from Latin/French · Medieval Latin ATTRACTĪVUS, partly via French
The Latin ancestor
ATTRAHERE‘to draw towards’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Something attractive 'draws you towards it' — Latin TRAHERE. French says the same thing with its own verb tirer 'to pull'.
English relatives: attract, attraction, tractor, distract
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In a sentence
- esLo encuentra muy atractivo.
- frElle le trouve très attirant.
- itLo trova molto attraente.
- ptEla o acha muito atraente.
- roEa îl găsește foarte atrăgător.
- caElla el troba molt atractiu.
- enShe finds him very attractive.
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