persuasive

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French persuasif, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin persuasivus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin past participle stem of persuadere + -ivus

Adjective

persuasive (comparative more persuasive, superlative most persuasive)

1. able to persuade; convincing

Translations

convincing

• Catalan: persuasiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有說服力的／有说服力的 (zh) (yǒu shuōfúlì de), 有说服力的 (zh) (yǒu shuōfúlì de)

• Finnish: suostutteleva, vakuuttava (fi)
• French: persuasif (fr) m, persuasive (fr) f, convaincant (fr) m, convaincante (fr) f
• German: überzeugend (de), Überredungs-
• Greek: πειστικός (el) (peistikós)

  Ancient: πειθός (peithós), πιθανός (pithanós)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: suāsōrius
• Romanian: convingător (ro), persuasiv (ro)
• Russian: убеди́тельный (ru) (ubedítelʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: persuazivan, uvjerljiv (sh)
• Spanish: persuasivo (es), convincente (es)
• Swedish: övertygande (sv)

Noun

persuasive (plural persuasives)

1. That which persuades; incitement.
   • 1839, George Robert Gleig, Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary: Visited in 1837 (volume 1, page 68)

     He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]

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French

Adjective

persuasive

1. feminine singular of persuasif

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German

Adjective

persuasive

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

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Italian

Adjective

persuasive

1. feminine plural of persuasivo