instinctive

English

Etymology

instinct +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv/
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

instinctive (comparative more instinctive, superlative most instinctive)

Related to or prompted by instinct.
Driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking.
When approached by a stranger, Jared clenched his fists in an instinctive manner.

Derived terms

Translations

related to or prompted by instinct

Asturian: instintivu
Bulgarian: инстинктивен (bg) (instinktiven)
Catalan: instintiu
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: instinctief (nl), instinctmatig (nl)
Finnish: vaistomainen (fi), vaistonvarainen
French: instinctif (fr)
Galician: instintivo
German: instinktiv (de)
Greek: ενστικτώδης (el) (enstiktódis)
Hindi: सहज (hi) (sahaj), नैसर्गिक (hi) (naisargik), सहजवृत्तिक (sahajvŕttik)
Hungarian: ösztönös (hu)
Irish: instinneach
Macedonian: инстинкти́вен (instinktíven)
Malay: naluri, kenalurian, naluriah
Manx: dooghyssagh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: instinktiv

Nynorsk: instinktiv
Polish: instynktowny (pl)
Portuguese: instintivo (pt)
Russian: инстинкти́вный (ru) (instinktívnyj)
Slovene: nagonski
Spanish: instintivo (es)
Swedish: instinktiv (sv)
Ukrainian: інстинкти́вний (instynktývnyj)

driven by impulse, spontaneous and without thinking

Asturian: instintivu
Bulgarian: несъзнателен (bg) (nesǎznatelen)
Catalan: instintiu
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: instinctief (nl), instinctmatig (nl)
Finnish: vaistomainen (fi), vaistonvarainen
French: instinctif (fr)
Galician: instintivo
German: instinktiv (de)
Greek: ενστικτώδης (el) (enstiktódis)
Hungarian: ösztönös (hu)
Macedonian: на́гонски (nágonski)
Malay: naluri, kenalurian, naluriah
Portuguese: instintivo (pt)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: instintivo (es)
Swedish: instinktiv (sv)
Ukrainian: інстинкти́вний (instynktývnyj)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s.tɛ̃k.tiv/
Audio (file)

Adjective

instinctive

feminine singular of instinctif

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