absorptive

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti

Proto-Italic *sorβeō

Latin sorbeō

Latin absorbeō

Old French assorbir

Middle French absorberder.

English absorb

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English -ative

English -tive

English absorptive

From absorb + -tive.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/, /əbˈsɔɹp.tɪv/, /əbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/, /æbˈzɔɹp.tɪv/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Adjective

absorptive (comparative more absorptive, superlative most absorptive)

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.]^[1]
- 1939, British White Paper of Palestine of 1939:
  In practice, from that date onwards until recent times, the economic absorptive capacity of the country has been treated as the sole limiting factor […]

Derived terms

Translations

having capacity to imbibe

Dutch: absorberend (nl)
Malay: berdaya serap (ms), absorptif (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: absorptiv, absorberende
Polish: chłonny (pl), wchłanający, pochłanający, absorbujący
Portuguese: absortivo, absorvente (pt)
Swedish: absorberande (sv)

Noun

absorptive (plural absorptives)

Any substance that absorbs.

Translations

any substance that absorbs

Norwegian:
Bokmål: absorbent (no) m, absorbator m
Polish: absorbent (pl) m inan, pochłaniacz m inan

References

^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorptive”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /absɔrpˈtiːʋə/, /apsɔrpˈtiːʋə/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -iːʋə
Hyphenation: ab‧sorp‧ti‧ve

Adjective

absorptive

definite singular of absorptiv
plural of absorptiv

[SOED-1] Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorptive”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

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