defensiu

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēfēnsīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.fənˈsiw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.fenˈsiw]
• Rhymes: -iw

Adjective

defensiu (feminine defensiva, masculine plural defensius, feminine plural defensives)

1. defensive

Derived terms

• defensivament

Related terms

• defensa
• defensar

Further reading

• “defensiu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “defensiu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “defensiu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “defensiu”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Occitan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dēfēnsīvus.

Adjective

defensiu m (feminine singular defensiva, masculine plural defensius, feminine plural defensivas)

1. defensive

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 217