immersive

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English immerse

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English immersive

From immerse + -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɜːɹ.sɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv

Adjective

immersive (comparative more immersive, superlative most immersive)

1. Tending to immerse.
2. Giving the impression of immersion.
   • 1999, Janet M. Noyes, Malcolm James Cook, Interface Technology: The Leading Edge, Research Studies PressLtd, →ISBN, page 125:

     An immersive system usually allows the user to move around physically so it is important that the real world allows sufficient space for this to happen safely.

   • 2016, Adam Alston, Beyond Immersive Theatre: Aesthetics, Politics and Productive Participation, Springer, →ISBN, page 21:

     However, I maintain that many immersive theatre performances still tend to assign audiences to a scheme of production that is neoliberal in character and that affects the values and meanings that are attributable to that scheme of production.

3. (education) Using or relating to the immersion technique of language teaching.

Derived terms

• immersively
• nonimmersive
• unimmersive

Related terms

• immersiveness
• immersivity
• immersion

Translations

tending to immerse

• Catalan: immersiu
• French: immersif (fr)
• Spanish: inmersivo

giving the impression of immersion

• Catalan: immersiu
• Finnish: uppoutuva
• French: immersif (fr)
• German: immersiv, eindringlich (de)
• Portuguese: envolvente (pt)
• Spanish: inmersivo

French

Adjective

immersive

1. feminine singular of immersif

Italian

Adjective

immersive f

1. feminine plural of immersivo