interactive

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ active

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪntɚˈæktɪv/
• Rhymes: -æktɪv

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Adjective

interactive (comparative more interactive, superlative most interactive)

1. Acting with each other.

   Two interactive systems.

2. (computer science) Responding to the user.

   Interactive user interface

Derived 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
• Russian: интеракти́вный (ru) (intɛraktívnyj), взаимоде́йствующий (ru) (vzaimodéjstvujuščij)
• Spanish: interactivo

responding to the user

• Afrikaans: interaktief
• Armenian: ինտերակտիվ (interaktiv)
• 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)
• Hungarian: interaktív (hu)
• Icelandic: gagnvirkur m
• Indonesian: interaktif (id)
• Irish: idirghníomhach
• Macedonian: интерактивен (interaktiven)
• Maori: tauwhiti
• Polish: interaktywny (pl) m
• Portuguese: interativo
• Russian: интеракти́вный (ru) (intɛraktívnyj)
• Spanish: interactivo
• Swedish: interaktiv (sv)

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).

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French

Adjective

interactive

1. feminine singular of interactif