defensiva

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [də.fənˈsi.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [də.fənˈsi.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.fenˈsi.va]

Adjective

defensiva

1. feminine singular of defensiu

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (dēfēnsīva) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.fenˈsiː.u̯a/, [d̪eːfẽːˈs̠iːu̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.fenˈsi.va/, [d̪efenˈsiːvä]
• (dēfēnsīvā) (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deː.fenˈsiː.u̯aː/, [d̪eːfẽːˈs̠iːu̯äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.fenˈsi.va/, [d̪efenˈsiːvä]

Adjective 1

(deprecated template usage) dēfēnsīva

1. inflection of dēfēnsīvus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective 2

(deprecated template usage) dēfēnsīvā

1. ablative feminine singular of dēfēnsīvus

References

• defensiva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌde.fẽ.ˈsi.vɐ/

Noun

defensiva f (uncountable)

1. (usually as ficar na defensiva) defensive (a means, attitude or position of defence)

Adjective

defensiva

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective defensivo.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defenˈsiba/ [d̪e.fẽnˈsi.β̞a]

Adjective

defensiva

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective defensivo.

Noun

defensiva f (plural defensivas)

1. defensive