attentive

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French attentif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈtɛntɪv/

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Adjective

attentive (comparative more attentive, superlative most attentive)

1. Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.

   She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.

2. Courteous; mindful.

   a husband attentive to his wife's needs

Synonyms

• audient
• reckful

Antonyms

• inattentive, reckless

Translations

paying attention

• Bulgarian: внимателен (bg) (vnimatelen)
• Catalan: atent
• Czech: pozorný (cs)
• Danish: opmærksom (da)
• Dutch: aandachtig (nl)
• Esperanto: atenta
• Finnish: tarkkaavainen (fi)
• French: attentif (fr)
• German: aufmerksam (de)
• Hungarian: figyelmes (hu)
• Ido: detalema
• Irish: aireach
• Italian: attento (it)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: وریا‎‎ (wirya)

• Latin: attentus, intentus
• Latvian: uzmanīgs, rūpīgs
• Maori: puakaha, rahirahi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppmerksom (no)

  Nynorsk: oppmerksam

• Polish: baczny (pl), uważny (pl)
• Portuguese: atencioso (pt), atento (pt)
• Romanian: atent (ro)
• Russian: внима́тельный (ru) (vnimátelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cùramach
• Spanish: atento (es), solícito (es)
• Swedish: uppmärksam (sv)
• Welsh: astud (cy), sylwgar (cy)
• Westrobothnian: åhögasɑm

See also

• alert
• wary
• watchful

Anagrams

• tentative

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French

Adjective

attentive

1. feminine singular of attentif