intrusive

English

Etymology

Back-formation from intrusion, +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/

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• Hyphenation: in‧tru‧sive

Adjective

intrusive (comparative more intrusive, superlative most intrusive)

1. Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.

   Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?

2. (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
3. (linguistics) epenthetic

Synonyms

• unwelcome
• uninvited
• disturbing
• interrupting

Antonyms

• unintrusive

Derived terms

• intrusively
• intrusiveness

Translations

tending to intrude

• Bulgarian: натрапчив (bg) (natrapčiv)
• Catalan: intrús
• Dutch: intrusief (nl)
• Finnish: tunkeileva (fi), tungetteleva (fi)
• French: intrusif (fr)
• German: aufdringlich (de)
• Hebrew: התערב‎
• Macedonian: на́траплив (nátrapliv), на́паден (nápaden), на́метлив (námetliv)
• Portuguese: intrusivo (pt) m
• Russian: навя́зчивый (ru) (navjázčivyj), назо́йливый (ru) (nazójlivyj) (pesky), вторга́ющийся (ru) (vtorgájuščijsja)
• Serbo-Croatian: intruzivan (sh), nametljiv (sh), ometajući
• Spanish: intruso (es)

forced between layers of rocks

• Catalan: intrusiu
• Finnish: intrusiivinen (fi)
• German: intrusiv
• Maori: rāroto
• Russian: интрузи́вный (ru) (intruzívnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: intrudiran

Noun

intrusive (plural intrusives)

1. (geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock

References

• intrusive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• intrusive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

intrusive

1. feminine singular of intrusif

German

Adjective

intrusive

1. inflection of intrusiv:
   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

Adjective

intrusive

1. feminine plural of intrusivo

Anagrams

• risvenuti