Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 50655 6888682 2009-06-26T03:23:11Z TAKASUGI Shinji 64429 t+ja:[[正]] t+fr:[[strictement positif]] t-balance ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) ==English== ===Etymology=== From Old (and modern) {{etyl|fr}} ''[[positif]]'', or {{etyl|la}} ''[[positivus]]'', from the past participle stem of {{term|ponere||to place}}. Compare ''[[posit]]''. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈpɒzɪtɪv/}} * {{audio|En-us-positive.ogg|Audio (US)}} : {{hyphenation|po|si|tive}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj}} # Definitively laid down; explicitly stated; clearly [[expressed]], [[precise]], [[emphatic]]. #* [[w:Francis Bacon|Francis Bacon]]: #*: '''Positive''' words, that he would not bear arms against King Edward’s son. # Fully assured, confident; [[certain]]. #: ''I’m absolutely '''positive''' you've spelt that wrong.'' # Overconfident, [[dogmatic]]. #* [[w:Alexander Pope|Alexander Pope]]: #*: Some '''positive''', persisting fops we know, That, if once wrong, will needs be always so. # {{grammar}} Describing the primary sense of an adjective or adverb; not [[comparative]] or [[superlative]]. #: ''‘Better’ is an irregular comparative of the '''positive''' form ‘good’.'' # Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute. #: ''The idea of beauty is not '''positive''', but depends on the different tastes of individuals.'' # Wholly what is expressed; ''colloquially'' [[downright]], entire, [[outright]]. #: ''Good lord, you've built up a '''positive''' arsenal of weaponry here.'' # Characterized by the existence or presence of qualities or features, rather than by their absence. #: ''The box was not empty – I felt some '''positive''' substance within it.'' # Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis. #: ''The results of our experiment are '''positive'''.'' # Characterized by affirmation, constructiveness, or influence for the better; favourable. #: ''He has a '''positive''' outlook on life.'' #: ''The first-night reviews were largely '''positive'''.'' #* [[w:Jonathan Swift|Jonathan Swift]]: #*: a '''positive''' voice in legislation. # {{context|chiefly|philosophy}} [[actual|Actual]], [[real]], [[concrete]]. #* [[w:Francis Bacon|Francis Bacon]]: #*: '''Positive''' good. # {{photography}} Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values. #: ''A '''positive''' photograph can be developed from a photographic negative.'' # {{physics}} Having more protons than electrons. #: ''A [[cation]] is a positive ion as it has more protons than electrons.'' # {{mathematics}} Of number, greater than zero. # {{slang}} [[HIV positive]]. ====Antonyms==== * {{i|physics}}: [[negative]] ====Derived terms==== * [[positive crystal]] * [[positive degree]] * [[positive electricity]] * [[positive eyepiece]] * [[positive law]] * [[positive motion]] * [[positive philosophy]] * [[positive pole]] * [[positive quantity]] * [[positive rotation]] * [[positive sign]] * [[positive contribution]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|definitely laid down}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[ايجابي]]}} {{IPAchar|(’ijābi)}} * Chinese: [[确定]]的 (quèdìng de) * Dutch: {{t+|nl|positief}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|varma}} * French: {{t+|fr|positif}} * German: {{t+|de|positiv}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|biztos}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|positivo}} * Japanese: [[明確な]] (めいかくな, meikakuna) * Korean: [[확실한]] (hwaksilhan) * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|positivo}} * Russian: [[положительный]] (položítel’nyj) * Spanish: {{t-|es|positivo}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|positiv}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|fully assured, confident}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|varma}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|overconfident, dogmatic}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|varma}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|grammar: describing the primary sense of an adjective or adverb}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|perusasteinen}}, {{t|fi|perusmuotoinen}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|derived from an object by itself; absolute}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|absoluuttinen}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|downright, entire, outright}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|todellinen}}, {{t-|fi|varsinainen}}, {{t+|fi|kokonainen}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|characterised by the existence of qualities or features}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|todellinen}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|characterised by features which support a hypothesis}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|positiivinen}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|characterised by affirmation and constructiveness}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|myönteinen}}, {{t+|fi|positiivinen}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|philosophy: actual, real, concrete}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|ايجابي|tr=iijaabii|sc=Arab}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|positiivinen}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|photography: of a visual image true to the original}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|positiivinen}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|mathematics: greater than zero}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|kladný|m}} * French: {{t|fr|strictement positif}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t|ja|正|tr=sei|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|physics: having more protons than electrons}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|kladný|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|positiivinen}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|slang: HIV positive}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|positiivinen}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual. # A favourable point or characteristic. # Something having a '''positive''' value in physics, such as an electric charge. # {{grammar}} An adjective or adverb in the '''positive''' degree. # {{context|photography}} A '''positive''' image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a [[negative]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[double positive]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|thing capable of being affirmed}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|tosiasia}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|favourable point or characteristic}} * Finnish: [[myönteinen]]/[[puoltava]] [[näkökohta]]/[[seikka]] /[[asia]]/[[puoli]] {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|thing having a positive value}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|adjective or adverb in the positive degree}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|pozitiv|m|alt=pȍzitīv}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|pozitiv|m}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|positiivi}}, {{t-|fi|perusaste}} * German: {{t+|de|Positiv|n}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t|ru|положительная степень|f|cs=Cyrl|tr=položítel’naja st'ép'en’|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|positivo|m}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|positiv|n}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|photography: a positive image}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|pozitiv|m|alt=pȍzitīv}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|positiivi}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Chinese}}: [[陽]], [[阳]] (yáng) * {{ttbc|Swedish}}: [[positiv]] (4) * {{ttbc|Turkish}}: [[pozitif]] {{checktrans-bottom}} ---- ==French== ===Adjective=== '''positive''' # {{feminine of|positif}} ---- ==Italian== ===Adjective=== '''positive''' {{p}} # {{feminine of|positivo}} [[Category:Energy]] [[Category:Italian adjective forms]] [[af:positive]] [[et:positive]] [[el:positive]] [[es:positive]] [[fr:positive]] [[ko:positive]] [[io:positive]] [[id:positive]] [[it:positive]] [[kk:positive]] [[lt:positive]] [[hu:positive]] [[pl:positive]] [[ru:positive]] [[simple:positive]] [[fi:positive]] [[sv:positive]] [[ta:positive]] [[te:positive]] [[vi:positive]] [[tr:positive]] [[zh:positive]]