innovative

English

Etymology

From innovate +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈnɒ.və.tɪv/, /ˈɪn.ə.və.tɪv/, /ˈɪn.əˌveɪ.tɪv /, /ɪˈnəʊ.və.tɪv/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.əˌveɪtɪv/, /ˈɪn.oʊˌveɪtɪv/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

innovative (comparative more innovative, superlative most innovative)

1. Characterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions.
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     He says the company's FLIRT design, in particular its retractable steps, provides greater accessibility, while the technology is highly innovative and reliable.

2. Forward-looking; ahead of current thinking.

Synonyms

• innovatory

Translations

characterized by the creation of new ideas or things

• Arabic: اِبْتِكارِيّ m (ibtikāriyy), مُبْتَكَر m (mubtakar)
• Belarusian: інавацы́йны (inavacýjny)
• Bulgarian: новаторски (novatorski)
• Catalan: innovador (ca)
• Czech: inovativní
• Danish: opfindsom, nyskabende
• Dutch: innovatief (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: innovatiivinen (fi)
• French: novateur (fr), innovant (fr)
• Galician: innovador (gl)
• German: innovativ (de)
• Greek: καινοτόμος (el) (kainotómos), νεωτεριστικός (el) (neoteristikós)
• Hebrew: חדשני (khadshaní)
• Hindi: नाविन्य (nāvinya)
• Hungarian: innovatív (hu)
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: innovativo (it)
• Japanese: 革新的な (かくしんてきな, kakushintekina)
• Kazakh: жаңашылдық (jañaşyldyq)
• Khmer: ច្នៃប្រឌិតថ្មី (cnay prɑdɨt tməy)
• Maori: auaha
• Norwegian: banebrytende

  Bokmål: nyskapende (no), innovativ

  Nynorsk: nyskapande, innovativ, banebrytande

• Occitan: innovador (oc)
• Polish: innowacyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: inovador (pt), inovativo
• Romanian: inovator (ro)
• Russian: инновацио́нный (ru) (innovaciónnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉnovatīvan (sh), иновативан
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: innovador (es), innovativo, novedoso (es), pionero (es)
• Swedish: innovativ (sv), nyskapande (sv), påhittig (sv), uppfinningsrik (sv)
• Ukrainian: інноваці́йний (innovacíjnyj)

forward looking; ahead of current thinking

• Catalan: innovador (ca)
• Finnish: kaukonäköinen (fi)
• Galician: innovador (gl)
• German: innovativ (de)
• Greek: προηγμένος (el) (proïgménos)
• Hungarian: innovatív (hu)
• Japanese: 革新的な (かくしんてきな, kakushintekina)
• Russian: передово́й (ru) (peredovój)
• Serbo-Croatian: ȉnovatīvan (sh), иновативан
• Swedish: innovativ (sv), visionär (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} innovativo (it)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} inovator (ro)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} వినూత్నమైన (vinūtnamaina)

Danish

Adjective

innovative

1. definite/plural of innovativ

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

innovative

1. inflection of innovativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.no.vaˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: in‧no‧va‧tì‧ve

Adjective

innovative f pl

1. feminine plural of innovativo

Anagrams

• antivenivo, innovatevi

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

innovative

1. definite singular/plural of innovativ

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

innovative

1. definite singular/plural of innovativ

Swedish

Adjective

innovative

1. definite natural masculine singular of innovativ