instructive

English

Etymology

From instruct +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈstɹʌktɪv/

Adjective

instructive (comparative more instructive, superlative most instructive)

Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
Well, that was an instructive lesson.

Synonyms

(Conveying knowledge, information or instruction): informative, educative, didactic

Translations

Conveying knowledge, information or instruction

Catalan: instructiu (ca)
Dutch: instructief (nl), leerrijk (nl), leerzaam (nl)
Finnish: opettava (fi), opettavainen
French: instructif (fr)
German: lehrreich (de), aufschlussreich (de), belehrend (de)
Italian: istruttivo (it)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: lærerik

Nynorsk: lærerik
Russian: поучи́тельный (ru) (poučítelʹnyj)
Spanish: informativo, instructivo (es), aleccionador (es)

Noun

instructive (plural instructives)

(linguistics) A case in the Finnish language. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.

Translations

Case expressing means or instrument used to perform an action

Czech: instruktiv m
Finnish: instruktiivi (fi), keinonto (fi)
French: instructif (fr) m

German: Instruktiv m
Russian: инструкти́вный паде́ж m (instruktívnyj padéž), инструкти́в (ru) m (instruktív)

French

Adjective

instructive

feminine singular of instructif

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