inclusive

See also: inklusive

English

Etymology

From Middle French inclusif, from Medieval Latin inclūsīvus, from Latin inclūsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈkluːsɪv/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

inclusive (comparative more inclusive, superlative most inclusive)

  1. Including (almost) everything within its scope.
    Synonym: exhaustive
    an inclusive list of data formats
  2. Including the extremes as well as the area between.
    Antonym: exclusive
    numbers 1 to 10 inclusive
  3. (linguistics) Of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed.
    Antonym: exclusive
    The pronoun in "If you want, we could go back to my place for coffee" is an inclusive "we".
  4. Including or accepting those belonging to a particular group.
    Synonym: inclusionary
    Antonym: exclusionary
    trans-inclusive feminism

Derived terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kleh₂w- (0 c, 63 e)

Translations

See also

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kly.ziv/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: inclusives

Adjective

inclusive

  1. feminine singular of inclusif

Italian

Adjective

inclusive

  1. feminine plural of inclusivo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin inclusīve, from inclūsīvus.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kluˈzi.vi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.kluˈzi.ve/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.kluˈzi.vɨ/, (some speakers) /ĩ.klu.zi.vɛ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.kluˈzi.bɨ/ [ĩ.kluˈzi.βɨ], (some speakers) /ĩ.klu.zi.bɛ/ [ĩ.klu.zi.βɛ]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ivi, (Portugal) -ivɨ
  • Hyphenation: in‧clu‧si‧ve

Adverb

inclusive

  1. also (in addition)
    Synonym: também
  2. even (indicating an extreme example of the case mentioned)
    Synonyms: até, até mesmo

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inkluˈsibe/ [ĩŋ.kluˈsi.β̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ibe
  • Syllabification: in‧clu‧si‧ve

Adverb

inclusive

  1. including, even

Further reading