pervasive

English

WOTD – 29 March 2008

Etymology

From Latin pervāsus, from pervādō (“spread through, pervade”), from per (“through”) + vādō (“go, walk”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈveɪ.sɪv/
(US) IPA^(key): /pɚˈveɪ.sɪv/
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

pervasive (comparative more pervasive, superlative most pervasive)

Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health.

Synonyms

(manifested throughout): penetrating, permeating, pervading

Related terms

pervade

Translations

manifested throughout

Bulgarian: всеобхватен (bg) (vseobhvaten)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: gennemtrængende
Dutch: doordringend (nl)
Finnish: kokonaisvaltainen (fi)
French: pénétrant (fr), envahissant (fr)
German: durchdringend (de)
Hungarian: átható (hu)
Maori: rangiwhāwhā

Norwegian: gjennomtrengende
Persian: فراگیر‎‎ (fa) (farâgir)
Polish: wszechobecny (pl) m, wszechogarniający m
Portuguese: pervasivo (pt)
Russian: распространяющийся (ru) (rasprostranjajuščijsja), проникающий (ru) (pronikajuščij), пропитывающий (ru) (propityvajuščij), заполняющий (ru) (zapolnjajuščij)
Spanish: penetrante (es), determinante (es), dominante
Swedish: genomträngande, genomgående (sv)
Turkish: yaygın (tr)
Vietnamese: lan toả, rộng khắp

German

Adjective

pervasive

inflected form of pervasiv

Italian

Adjective

pervasive

feminine plural of pervasivo

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