negativo

Asturian

Adjective

negativo

1. neuter of negativu

Galician

Pronunciation

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Adjective

negativo (feminine negativa, masculine plural negativos, feminine plural negativas)

1. negative

Noun

negativo m (plural negativos)

1. (photography) negative

Italian

Etymology

From Latin negātīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne.ɡaˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧tì‧vo

Adjective

negativo (feminine negativa, masculine plural negativi, feminine plural negative, superlative negativissimo)

1. negative
2. (figurative) dismal

Derived terms

• negativamente
• negatività

Noun

negativo m (plural negativi)

1. (photography) negative

Further reading

• negativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• agentivo, giovante, vengiato

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ne.ɡaːˈtiː.u̯oː/, [nɛɡäːˈt̪iːu̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ne.ɡaˈti.vo/, [neɡäˈt̪iːvo]

Adjective

negātīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of negātīvus

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin negātīvus. By surface analysis, negar +‎ -tivo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ne.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ne.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ne.ɡaˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨ.ɡɐˈti.vu/ [nɨ.ɣɐˈti.vu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨ.ɡɐˈti.vu/ [nɨ.ɣɐˈti.vu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨ.ɡɐˈti.bu/ [nɨ.ɣɐˈti.βu]

• Hyphenation: ne‧ga‧ti‧vo

Adjective

negativo (feminine negativa, masculine plural negativos, feminine plural negativas)

1. negative

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:negativo.

Noun

negativo m (plural negativos)

1. (photography) negative
2. (mathematics) minus sign

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:negativo.

Interjection

negativo

1. (formal) no

   Synonym: não

   Antonyms: positivo, afirmativo, sim

Related terms

• negar
• negativismo

 

Etymology 2

Verb

negativo

1. first-person singular present indicative of negativar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin negātīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neɡaˈtibo/ [ne.ɣ̞aˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: ne‧ga‧ti‧vo

Adjective

negativo (feminine negativa, masculine plural negativos, feminine plural negativas)

1. negative

Derived terms

• presión negativa
• signo negativo
• VIH negativo

 

Noun

negativo m (plural negativos)

1. (mathematics) minus sign
2. (photography) negative

Derived terms

• falso negativo

 

Related terms

• negar
• negativa
• negatividad

 

Further reading

• “negativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28