interactive

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ active

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪn.təˈɹæk.tɪv/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪn.tɚˈæk.tɪv/
• Rhymes: -æktɪv

Adjective

interactive (comparative more interactive, superlative most interactive)

1. Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.

   interactive teaching methods

   two interactive systems

2. (computer science) Responding to the user.

   interactive user interface

Derived terms

• interactive fiction
• interactive whiteboard
• non-interactive

 

Related terms

• interaction
• interactivity

Translations

acting with each other

• Afrikaans: interaktief
• Armenian: ինտերակտիվ (interaktiv)
• Catalan: interactiu (ca)
• Finnish: vuorovaikutteinen, interaktiivinen (fi)
• Galician: interactivo m
• Georgian: ინტერაქტიული (inṭerakṭiuli)
• German: interaktiv (de)
• Greek: συνάλληλος (el) m (synállilos)
• Indonesian: interaktif (id)
• Macedonian: взаемодејствителен (vzaemodejstvitelen)
• Portuguese: interativo (pt)
• Russian: интеракти́вный (ru) (intɛraktívnyj), взаимоде́йствующий (ru) (vzaimodéjstvujuščij)
• Spanish: interactivo
• Ukrainian: інтеракти́вний (interaktývnyj), взаємоді́йний (vzajemodíjnyj) (rare)

responding to the user

• Afrikaans: interaktief
• Armenian: ինտերակտիվ (interaktiv)
• Belarusian: інтэракты́ўны (interaktýŭny)
• Catalan: interactiu (ca)
• Czech: interaktivní
• Danish: interaktiv
• Esperanto: interreagema
• Faroese: samvirkin
• Finnish: interaktiivinen (fi)
• French: interactif (fr) m
• Galician: interactivo m
• Georgian: ინტერაქტიული (inṭerakṭiuli)
• German: interaktiv (de)
• Greek: διαδραστικός (el) m (diadrastikós), διαλογικός (el) m (dialogikós), αλληλεπιδραστικός (el) m (allilepidrastikós)
• Hungarian: interaktív (hu)
• Icelandic: gagnvirkur m
• Indonesian: interaktif (id)
• Irish: idirghníomhach
• Kazakh: интерактивті (interaktivtı)
• Macedonian: интерактивен (interaktiven)
• Maori: tauwhiti
• Polish: interaktywny (pl)
• Portuguese: interativo (pt)
• Russian: интеракти́вный (ru) (intɛraktívnyj)
• Spanish: interactivo
• Swedish: interaktiv (sv)
• Ukrainian: інтеракти́вний (interaktývnyj)

Noun

interactive (plural interactives)

1. A feature (as in a museum) that can be interacted with.
   • 2009 June 26, Laurel Graeber, “Spare Times: For Children”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The show includes computer interactives, animation, models and live parakeets (for an exercise in species identification).

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁak.tiv/, /ɛ̃.te.ʁak.tiv/

• Audio

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Adjective

interactive

1. feminine singular of interactif