perceptivo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- percetivo (European)
Etymology
Formed from Latin perceptus + -ivo, based on French perceptif, or borrowed from Medieval Latin perceptīvus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: per‧cep‧ti‧vo
Adjective
perceptivo (feminine perceptiva, masculine plural perceptivos, feminine plural perceptivas) (Brazilian spelling)
- perceptive (having perception: insight, understanding or intuition)
- Synonym: perspicaz
Related terms
- perceber
- percepção
Further reading
- “perceptivo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Formed from Latin perceptus + -ivo, based on French perceptif, or borrowed from Medieval Latin perceptivus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾθebˈtibo/ [peɾ.θeβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /peɾsebˈtibo/ [peɾ.seβ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: per‧cep‧ti‧vo
Adjective
perceptivo (feminine perceptiva, masculine plural perceptivos, feminine plural perceptivas)
- perceptive (having perception: insight, understanding or intuition)
- Synonym: perspicaz
- perceptual
Related terms
- percibir
- percepción
Further reading
- “perceptivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014