positivista
Italian
Etymology
Adjective
positivista m or f by sense (masculine plural positivisti, feminine plural positiviste)
Noun
positivista m or f by sense (masculine plural positivisti, feminine plural positiviste)
Related terms
Further reading
- positivista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French positiviste (“positivist”), from positif (“positive”), from Latin posītīvus (“positive”), from the past participle stem of pōnō (“to place”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈvis.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈviʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /po.zi.t͡ʃiˈvis.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pu.zi.tiˈviʃ.tɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pu.zi.tiˈbiʃ.tɐ/ [pu.zi.tiˈβiʃ.tɐ]
- Hyphenation: po‧si‧ti‧vis‧ta
Adjective
positivista m or f (plural positivistas)
Noun
positivista m or f by sense (plural positivistas)
- positivist (a believer in positivism)
- Synonym: comtista
Related terms
Further reading
- “positivista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “positivista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Adjective
positivista m or f (masculine and feminine plural positivistas)
Noun
positivista m or f by sense (plural positivistas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “positivista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025