repetitive

See also: répétitive

English

Etymology

From Latin repetitus, with the suffix -ive.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Adjective

repetitive (comparative more repetitive, superlative most repetitive)

Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.

Synonyms

recurrent, repetitious; see also Thesaurus:repetitive

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

happening many times in a similar way

Bulgarian: повтарящ се (povtarjašt se), сериен (serien)
Catalan: repetitiu
Finnish: toistava (fi), toistuva (fi), itseään toistava
French: répétitif (fr)
Galician: repetitivo
German: repetitiv (de)
Greek: επαναληπτικός (el) (epanaliptikós)
Hungarian: ismétlődő (hu), repetitív
Italian: ripetitivo (it)
Persian: تکراری (fa) (tekrâri)
Portuguese: repetitivo (pt)
Spanish: repetitivo (es), reiterativo (es), recurrente (es)
Thai: ซ้ำซาก (th) (sám-sâak)

German

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Adjective

repetitive

inflection of repetitiv:
1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2. strong nominative/accusative plural
3. weak nominative all-gender singular
4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular