distinctive

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French distinctif, from Medieval Latin distinctivus, from Latin distinctus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪsˈtɪŋktɪv/
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Adjective

distinctive (comparative more distinctive, superlative most distinctive)

  1. that serves to distinguish between things
    a product in distinctive packaging
  2. that is characteristic or typical of something
    his distinctive bass voice

Translations

Further reading

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

French

Adjective

distinctive

  1. feminine singular of distinctif
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