radioactive

See also: radioactivé

English

Etymology

Adaptation of French radioactif, from radio- +‎ active.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹeɪdioʊˈaktɪv/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɹeɪdioʊˈæktɪv/
Rhymes: -æktɪv

Adjective

radioactive (not comparable)

Exhibiting radioactivity.
(figuratively, rare) Dangerous and disgusting (particularly of ideas).
Even sleazy tactics and his radioactive mouth may not be able to contain this debacle.

Derived terms

Translations

exhibiting radioactivity

Afrikaans: radioaktief
Armenian: ռադիոակտիվ (hy) (ṙadioaktiv), ճառագայթաակտիվ (hy) (čaṙagaytʿaaktiv)
Asturian: radioactivu
Basque: erradioaktibo
Belarusian: радыёактыўны (radyjoaktýŭny)
Bulgarian: радиоактивен (radioaktíven)
Catalan: radioactiu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 放射性的 (zh) (fàngshèxìng de)
Czech: radioaktivní (cs)
Danish: radioaktiv
Dutch: radioactief (nl)
Esperanto: radioaktiva
Faroese: geislavirkin
Finnish: radioaktiivinen (fi)
French: radioactif (fr)
Galician: radioactivo
German: radioaktiv (de)
Greek: ραδιοενεργό n (radioenergó)
Hebrew: רדיואקטיבי‎ (he) m (radioaktivi)
Hindi: रेडीओऐक्टिव (reḍīoaikṭiv)
Hungarian: radioaktív (hu)

Icelandic: geislavirkur
Ido: radioaktiva (io)
Italian: radioattivo (it)
Japanese: 放射性 (ja) (ほうしゃせい, hōshasei)
Kazakh: радиоактивті (radïoaktïvti), радиоактивтік (radïoaktïvtik)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Polish: radioaktywny (pl)
Portuguese: radioactivo (pt) (Portugal), radioativo (pt) (Brazil)
Romanian: radioactiv (ro) m, radioactivă f
Russian: радиоакти́вный (ru) (radioaktívnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: rèidio-beò
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: радиоактивни

Roman: radioaktivni
Slovak: rádioaktívny (sk)
Slovene: radioaktíven m
Spanish: radiactivo (es)
Swedish: radioaktiv (sv)
Turkish: radyoaktif (tr)
Ukrainian: радіоактивний (radioaktývnyj)
Urdu: please add this translation if you can

French

Adjective

radioactive

feminine singular of radioactif

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