"creative" in seven languages
Meaningcreative
Spanish
creativo
/kɾeaˈtibo/
learned
French
créatif
/kʁeatif/
learned
fem.: créative
Italian
creativo
/kreaˈtivo/
learned
Portuguese
criativo
/kɾiaˈtʃivu/
learned
Romanian
creativ
/kreaˈtiv/
learned
Catalan
creatiu
/kɾeəˈtiw/
learned
fem.: creativa
English
creative
/kɹiˈeɪtɪv/
from Latin/French · Latin CREĀRE + -ive
English → ItaliancreativecreativoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CREĀRE‘to make, bring forth’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A modern learned derivative everywhere. French -if/-ive is the same suffix as Spanish and Italian -ivo/-iva, with the final vowel dropped.
English relatives: create, creature, creation, recreation
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In a sentence
- esEs una persona muy creativa.
- frC'est une personne très créative.
- itÈ una persona molto creativa.
- ptEla é uma pessoa muito criativa.
- roEste o persoană foarte creativă.
- caÉs una persona molt creativa.
- enShe is a very creative person.