preventief

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • praeventief (archaic)

Etymology

Probably borrowed from French préventif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpreː.vɛnˈtif/
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  • Hyphenation: pre‧ven‧tief
  • Rhymes: -if

Adjective

preventief (not comparable)

  1. preventive, preventing, preemptive

Declension

Declension of preventief
uninflected preventief
inflected preventieve
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial preventief
indefinite m./f. sing. preventieve
n. sing. preventief
plural preventieve
definite preventieve
partitive preventiefs

Descendants

  • Indonesian: preventif